Quotes from Jojo Moyes

This is the thing about growing up in a small town. Every part of your life is up for grabs. Nothing is secret.

You're going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. But I hope you feel a bit exhilarated too. Live boldly. Push yourself. Don't settle. Just live well. Just live. Love, Will.

Down the street she can hear the acoustics of early evening in the city, the clatter of pans in distant kitchens, televisions firing up, a car door slamming, a dog barking at some unseen outrage.

But I saw the way Louisa looked at him then, a strange mixture of pride and gratitude on her face, and I was suddenly immensely glad that she was there.

It's the fact that when you spend all day in really close proximity to someone, there is no escape from their moods. Or your own.

Want to know the true definition of the triumph of hope over experience?" he would say. "Plan a fun family day out.

completely insane algebraic equations?" "You know us too well." Jess sat down in her

Beautiful and wealthy as she was, I felt sorry for her. I thought she probably wouldn't realize what she had lost until it was much too late.

I mean, I'm not one of those people who has a massive circle of friends. I was with my last boyfriend for ages and we... we didn't really go out much. And then there was... Bill. We just used to talk all the time.

Sometimes I look at the lives of the people around me and I wonder if we aren't all destined to leave a trail of damage.

live boldly. Push yourself. Don't settle.

Indiretamente significa... obter prazer através do prazer de outra pessoa

How about that?" Henry claps

About music, and people, and things we'd done and wanted to do, and I never worried about whether I was going to say the wrong thing or offend someone because he just "got" me, you know? And now I've moved to London and I'm sort of on my own, apart from my family, and talking to them is always... tricky.

across from Legal, hadn't been invited to a dinner. Scott Mackey, the

Every time I think I know everything about horses, there is something more to surprise me. "I feel the same way about humans," Mac said.

Will's eyes locked onto mine and despite everything,

pretty much everyone bore the brutal imprint of love, whether lost, whipped away from them or simply vanished into a grave.

I was good at keeping secrets from my parents (it's one of the things we learn while growing up, after all)—but coping with the anxiety by myself was something else entirely.

Las lágrimas me abandonaron en silencio, señal de que algo más me abandonaba. La culpa. El miedo. Otras emociones para las que no tenia palabras.

Verse arrojada a una nueva vida (o, al menos, lanzada con tal fuerza contra la vida de alguien que es como aplastarse la cara contra la ventana) te obliga a replantearte quién eres. O qué impresión causas a otras personas.

When he saw the content of my MP3 player one afternoon, he laughed so hard he nearly dislodged one of his tubes.

Tenía la mirada vacía de alguien que siempre se encontraba apartado del mundo que lo rodeaba. A veces me preguntaba si era un mecanismo de defensa, si la única manera de sobrellevar esa vida era fingir que no era a él a quien le ocurría todo eso.

I don't really know what I'm hoping for, but all suggestions gratefully received.