I hadn’t realized that music could unlock things in you, could transport you to somewhere even the composer hadn’t predicted. It left an imprint in the air around you, as if you carried its remnants with you when you went.
JOJO MOYESSometimes, Clark, you are pretty much the only thing that makes me want to get up in the morning.
More Jojo Moyes Quotes
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“What if I’m tired when I get home? What if I don’t fill my days with frenetic activity?” “But one day you might wish you had.”
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I felt the music like a physical thing; it didn’t just sit in my ears, it flowed through me, around me, made my senses vibrate. It made my skin prickle and my palms dampen…It was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard.
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Do you know how hard it is to say nothing? When every atom of you strains to do the opposite?
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I am conscious that knowing me has caused you pain, and grief, and I hope that one day when you are less angry with me and less upset you will see not just that I could only have done the thing that I did, but also that this will help you live a really good life, a better life, than if you hadn’t met me.
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Only you, Will Traynor, could tell a woman how to wear a bloody dress.
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He smelt of the sun, as if it had seeped deep into his skin, and I found myself inhaling silently, as if he were something delicious.
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I was once told by someone wise that writing is perilous as you cannot always guarantee your words will be read in the spirit in which they were written.
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Nobody fights you like your own sister; nobody else knows the most vulnerable parts of you and will aim for them without mercy.
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“Nobody listens any more. Everyone knows what they want to hear, but nobody actually listens.
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You only get one life. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.
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Much to my own surprise, I got through it. And life…well, gradually became livable again.
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Most days now his loss is a part of her, an awkward weight she carries around, invisible to everyone else, subtly altering the way she moves through the day. But today, the Anniversary of the day he died, is a day when all bets are off.
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The only thing Jess really cared about were those two children and letting them know they were okay. Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you,
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Know that you hold my heart, my hopes, in your hands.
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I could hear her babbling away beside me, but I wasn’t really paying attention. I could barely focus on anything.
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