Quotes from Jojo Moyes, After You

moving on means we have to protect ourselves.

Sometimes for our sanity own sanity we just have to look at the bigger picture.

You don't have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.

The hardest thing about talking to teenagers, I had discovered, was that whatever you said inevitably came across like something an elderly aunt would say at a wedding.

Sometimes just getting through each day requires almost superhuman strength.

Life is short, right? We both know that. Well, what if you're my chance?

You live. And you throw yourself into everything and try not to think of the bruises.

Will and I had been to each other, the way I felt that no person in the world had ever understood me like he did or ever would again.

How come you always make everything better?' 'I just don't like seeing you sad.

So what was the hardest part?' Mr Gopnik said. 'I'm sorry?' 'Of working for William Traynor. It sounds like quite a challenge.' I hesitated. The room was suddenly very quiet. 'Letting him go.' I said. And found myself unexpectedly biting back tears.

And in that moment everything shifted. I saw what I had really done. I saw that I could be somebody's center, his reason for staying. I saw that I could be enough.

Moving on doesn't mean you loved my dad any less, you know.

But...sometimes, Louisa, moving on means we do have to protect ourselves.

And I have huge admiration for you picking yourself up and moving on. Sometimes just getting through each day requires almost superhuman strength.

But then I knew better than anyone how the persona you chose to present to the world could be very different from what was really inside.

You should just keep your mouth shout! It gets very tedious having you make a snarky comment about everything that someone says in this group.

I'm not letting go of you.

I'm not letting go of you" - Sam

When someone we love is snatched from us, it often feels very hard to make plans.Sometimes people feel like they have lost faith in the future, or they become superstitious.