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121 " Now I sat on a moulded plastic chair, my mind numb, my gaze fixed on a wall, unable to tell how long I had been there. I couldn't think. I couldn't feel. I just existed: me, the plastic chair, the squeaky linoleum under my bloodied tennis shoes. "
― Jojo Moyes , After You (Me Before You, #2)
122 " Why had I wasted so much time worrying about what was not important? "
123 " I just let myself exist in the moment, the deep, deep pleasure of being there next to him, of feeling the weight of him beside me, the space he took up in the atmosphere. "
124 " I could hear him thinking the million things he chose not to say. "
125 " But long-distance relationships rarely survive.''So we are in a relationship.'I started to protest and he smiled. 'I'm kidding. Some. Some don't survive. I'm guessing some do, though. I guess it depends how much both sides want to try. "
126 " That's life. We don't know what will happen. Which is why we have to take our chances while we can. And...I think this might be yours. "
127 " Every blown leaf was a sign of impending decrepitude, every airborne bird a sign of hopes and dreams. "
128 " We want their presence to feel like a gift. "
129 " I had a million things to say and none I knew how. "
130 " Thank you for their continuing faith and endless support. "
131 " Don't think of me too often. I don't want to think of you getting all maudlin. Just live well.Just live. "
― Jojo Moyes
132 " Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times. "
― Jojo Moyes , Still Me (Me Before You, #3)
133 " You know,' she said, 'when you get to my age, the pile of regrets becomes so huge it can obscure the view terribly. "
134 " I'm dying, Louisa. I'm an old woman and I'm not going to get an awful lot older, and my son, who I thought was lost to me, has been gracious enough to swallow his pain and his pride and reach out. Can you imagine? Can you imagine what it is to have someone do that for you? "
135 " I have never really been an animal person. But I suddenly understood what comfort could be gained from burying your face in the soft pelt of another creature, the consolation of the many small tasks that you're obliged to perform for its welfare. "
136 " ...do not let whatever happened with that foolish family next door dim your light. You are a courageous, gorgeous, tremendously kind little creature and I shall be forever grateful that their loss has been my gain. Thank you. "
137 " I was living in a city whose rules I didn't entirely understand, with no permanent address, and I had failed in pretty much every job I had ever held. "
138 " I tried to think about what I really wanted, rather than what everyone else seemed to want for me. I thought about what Will had really been telling me—not to live some vicarious idea of a full life but to live my own dream. The problem was, I don't think I'd ever really worked out what that dream was. "
139 " I have to tell you it made me so bloody glad that I wanted to shout like a crazy person and do a dance, but I'm crap at dancing and I had nobody to talk to so I went and let the hens out and sat on the step and told them instead (they were not massively impressed. But what do they know?). "
140 " I hope your day was full of good things. "