Quotes from Jojo Moyes

Tell me something good.

At his apartment she peed with the bathroom door open. It sounded like a visiting horse was relieving itself.

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Solo quería verle, sentir la fuerza de sus abrazos, ver brillar su cara como el sol encima de ella.

Sometimes I felt as if we were all wading around in grief, reluctant to admit to others how far we were wading or drowning.

The significance of my sister's words sank in slowly but inexorably.

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 shut you up with a fist. Just like that.' ... 'Course, you know that only happens till you learn to hit back harder.

Es más de lo que ya podía pedir. Más de lo que jamás había confiado encontrar. No me imagino compartiendo la vida con nadie más que con él.

de repente tive a sensação de ver o tempo passar e de perder grande parte dele nas pequenas idas e vindas pelo mesmo caminho.

this when we were . . . well, last night." Last night.

Es schadet nie, sich die Hände schmutzig zu machen, wenn man am Angfang steht

No había tenido que renunciar a sus sueños: tan solo estaba empezando a permitirse tenerlos.

Ehi, Clark" disse. "Raccontami qualcosa di bello." Guardai fuori dalla finestra l'azzurro terso del cielo svizzero e gli raccontai la storia di due persone. Due persone che non avrebbero dovuto incontrarsi e che non si erano piaciute molto quando si erano conosciute, ma che presto scoprirono di essere le sole due anime al mondo in grado di capirsi.

The only way to avoid being left behind is to start moving.

to fish someone out of the men's loos.

you held on to my hand I felt something give in me. And suddenly I had someone I looked forward to talking to. Someone who understood how I felt. Really, really understood.

Wear those stripy legs with pride.

being a parent on your own when you were totally out of your depth was actually the loneliest place on earth.

I had walked away from Patrick knowing deep down that, for both of us, our relationship had become a habit, a pair of shoes you might no really love but wore because you couldn't be bothered to get new ones.

He had the ability to twist almost anything I said or did so that I seemed stupid.

Jesus Christ," said my father. "Can you imagine? If it wasn't punishment enough ending up in a ruddy wheelchair, then you get our Lou turning up to keep you company.

None of us moves on without a backward look. We move on always carrying with us those we have lost.

I had walked away from Patrick knowing deep down that, for both of us, our relationship had become a habit, a pair of shoes you might not really love but wore because you couldn't be bothered to get new ones

During those first two weeks, I got quite good at keeping my face completely blank, and I would turn away and disappear into the other room and just say as little to him as I possibly could. I started to hate him, and I'm sure he knew it.