Quotes from Jojo Moyes

Es asombroso que hayas rescatado de dentro de mí algo digno de amar.

I didn't think places like this existed outside films.

I tried rubbing at an invisible mark on my shoe in an attempt to hide my face.

Nie wiemy, co b?dzie. I w?a?nie dlatego musimy korzysta? z mo?liwo?ci, które mamy.

and when he kissed me back all of this vanished and it was just Will and me, on an island in the middle of nowhere, under a thousand twinkling stars.

Why is this not enough for you? Why am I not enough for you? Why could you not have confided in me? If we'd had more time, would this have been different?

A million silent arguments rattled around my head. Why is this not enough for you? Why am I not enough for you? Why could you not have confided in me? If we'd had more time, would this have been different?

You know, you can only actually help someone who wants to be helped," she said.

His wife, rather irritatingly, raised an eyebrow, as if she could no longer be bothered to make an adequate response to his observations.

En realidad, no tenía un lugar al que volver.

I would honestly have changed my flight, perhaps even disappeared until I could make sure that there was between us a whole continent, not just a few impossible inches.

Quise apretar mi cuerpo por completo contra él. Quise inspirarle un deseo. Quise entregarle toda la vida que sentía y obligarle a vivir. Comprendí que tenía miedo de vivir sin él ¿Cómo es que tienes el derecho a destrozarme la vida, quise preguntrale, pero yo no tengo ningún poder en la tuya?

I'm mad getting involved." "No, I don't. Too many people follow their own happiness without a thought for the damage they leave in their wake.

It was painful to see the best of him directed at someone else.

wondering if there was any way I could get to my car without passing him, but it was hopeless.

and with that tiny action, I was suddenly filled with purpose.

You think I don't know how that feels? There's only one response, and I can tell you this because I see it every day. You live. And you throw yourself into everything and try not to think about the bruises." "Oh,

I want to tell him that I don't know what I feel. I want him but I'm frightened to want him. I don't want my happiness to be entirely dependent on somebody else's, to be a hostage to fortunes I cannot control.

Listen, Lou. They don't give interviews out like bread for ducks, you eejit. This is a big deal. They know you're a mature student, you're applying at the wrong time of year, and they're still going to see you. You can't muck them around.

Intenté no pensar en nada. Intenté existir, nada más.

and it was a bit of relief to have a break from Lou's misery. Being around someone that depressed is a bit of a drain. You might feel sorry for them, but you can't help wanting to tell them to pull themselves together too.

You know the worst thing about a man hitting you?' Margery said finally. 'Ain't the hurt. It's that in that instant you realize the truth of what it is to be a woman. That it doesn't matter how smart you are, how much better at arguing, how much better than them, period. It's when you realize they can always just shut you up with a fist. Just like that

Work had reached a misery point where I had to make myself sing show tunes in my car even to make myself drive to the airport.

I was gazing underwater at the brightly colored landscape that had been hidden from view, forgetting to be afraid that my equipment might fail, that against all evidence I would sink to the bottom and die a watery death, even that I was afraid at all.