Quotes by Jojo Moyes

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

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

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.

It seemed unfair that despite the fact he could not use them, or feel them, his extremities should cause him so much discomfort.

Kind eyes under all the mascara.

Le Marais?’‘It’s a little district in the centre of Paris. It is full of cobbled streets and teetering apartment blocks and gay men and orthodox Jews and women of a certain age who once looked like Brigitte Bardot. It’s the only place to stay.

Don’t you think it’s actually harder for you . . . to adapt, I mean? Because you’ve done all that stuff?’‘Are you asking me if I wish Id never done it?’‘I’m just wondering if it would have been easier for you. If you’d led a smaller life. To live like this, I mean.’‘I will never, ever regret the things Ive done. Because most days, if you’re stuck in one of these, all you have are the places n your memory that you can go to.’ He smiled. It was tight, as if it cost him. ‘So if you’re asking me would I rather be reminiscing about the view of the caste from the minimart, or that lovely row of shops down off the roundabout, then, no. My life was just fine, thanks.

The triumph of hope over experience.

I had a hundred and seventeen days in which to convince Will Traynor that he had a reason to live.

He dropped his head and kissed her. He kissed her and it was a kiss of utter certainty, the kind of kiss during which monarchs die and whole continents fall without your even noticing. When Jess extricated herself, it was only because she didnt want the children to see her lose the ability to stand.

Be thrown into a new life (or at least thrown with sush force against the life of someone who is like squashed his face against the window) forces you to rethink who you are. Or what causes impression for others

I realized I was afraid of living without him. How is it you have the right to destroy my life, I wanted to demand of him, but I’m not allowed a say in yours?-Lou

A face whose emotions had not yet been battered by experience.

You still don’t get it, Clark, do you?’ I couldhear the smile in his voice. ‘It’s not your choice.

Hannah ran past, beaming. I remember that feeling--when youre a kid and its your birthday and for one day everyone makes you feel like the most special person in the world.

I know this isn’t a conventional love story. I know there are all sorts of reasons I shouldn’t even be saying what I am. But I love you. I do. I knew it when I left Patrick. And I think you might even love me a little bit.

I know we can do this. I know it’s nothow you would have chosen it, but I know I can make you happy. And all I can say is that you make me … you make me into someone I couldn’t even imagine. You make me happy,even when you’re awful. I would rather be with you – even the you that you seem to think is diminished – than with anyone else in the world.

He dropped his head and kissed her. He kisses her and it was a kiss of utter certainty, the kind of kiss during which monarchs die and whole continents fall without your even noticing.

Its not a matter of giving you a chance. Ive watched you these six months becoming a whole different person, someone who is only just beginning to see her possibilities. You have no idea how happy that has made me. I dont want you to be tied to me, to my hospital appointments, to the restrictions on my life. I dont want you to miss out on the things someone else could give you.

Some mistakes... Just have greater consequences than others. But you dont have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.