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Jojo Moyes is a renowned British novelist known for her emotionally rich and engaging stories. Her works often focus on modern love and family relationships, which have won her a wide following.

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“There are so many versions of ourselves we can choose to be. Once, my life was destined to be measured out in the most ordinary of steps.”

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“I was Louisa Clark from New York or Louisa Clark from Stortfold. Or there might be a whole other Louisa I hadn't met yet.”

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“I thought of how in less than twelve months I had survived homelessness and joblessness in one of the toughest cities on earth.”

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“A million lives below me, a million heartbreaks big and small, tales of joy and loss and survival, a million little victories every day.”

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“...for giving me such a clear window into these very specific worlds.”

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“It’s quite weird being on the other side of the world by yourself for the first time.”

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“The cost of all that might turn out to be a relationship with someone whose life is completely different and a million miles away. That’s the choice you make when you head out.”

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“Here is the thing about jealousy. It’s not a good look. And the rational part of you knows that.”

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“If you ever find yourself in a melancholy state of mind, removed from your family and a little unsure about the person you love.”

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“That’s what we have to keep remembering. We’re still under the same sky.”

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“But it is a long time since I believed love solved everything.”

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“This is how being rude is these days. I tell it like I see it. I’m just being honest. The language of the bully. We all know how this is.”

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“You said . . . nobody would ever hurt me again. You said that. I never thought for a moment you would be the one to do it.”

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“I have no curiosity about this gigantic, life-altering secret whatsoever. You’re safe with me.”

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“But we live in an age of instant gratification. And we’re in the city where anything you want you get yesterday.”

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“I guess I’m just afraid that if I let myself fall again I’ll be setting myself up for more hurt.”

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“I wondered how it would feel to be out there, on your own, in the middle of nowhere.”

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“...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.”

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“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.”

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“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”

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“...anything to stop me having to sit and contemplate my own life.”

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“I was left alone with my thoughts, a bunch of unwelcome houseguests who refused to leave.”

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“I pressed my ear against the door, trying to work out if it was safe to knock, feeling furtive, as if it were I who was at fault. But all I could hear was music and muffled conversation.”

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“You and I. We are both immigrants. We both know it is hard to find your place in this world. You want to make your life better, work hard in country that is not your own—you make new life, new friends, find new love. You get to become new person! But is never a simple thing, never without cost.”

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“Just get through today, I told myself. If life had taught me one thing, it was that the answers would come soon enough.”

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“For the first time I felt overwhelmed, crushed by the knowledge that I was alone in a city that no longer welcomed me.”

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“Outside, life in Manhattan continued, oblivious, fast-moving, ignoring the detritus that piled up in the gutter.”

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“I tell you, mate, I've learned a whole new bunch of swear words today.”

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“I've messed up everything again and I don't know why I even bother trying to be something more than I was because every time I do it ends in disaster.”

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“And then he kissed me. He did it so casually that I almost didn't register what he was doing. He leaned forward and kissed me on the lips, like it was something he'd done a million times before, like it was the natural end to all our lunch dates.”

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“I had spent months wishing I had more free time. Now that I had it, I found the city was not a friendly place without money to burn.”

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“Department stores were a depressing no-no, as I no longer felt able to spend money.”

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“I don't know if it was just the joy of being surrounded by books, and quiet, but I felt like an equal here, inconspicuous, a brain, a keyboard, just another person searching for information.”

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“I was partly flattered, but mostly grateful that this implied he wasn't offended by my earlier reticence.”

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“I told myself there was no point in dwelling on something that was gone.”

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“I didn't want to hear about people I loved playing Happy Families without me while I was thousands of miles away.”

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“A bubble of giggles had started to build in my chest and I pleaded with some unseen deity to keep them under control.”

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“Given the elegance of the occasion and the spectacular nature of the setting, I should really have enjoyed the next couple of hours. I had said yes to a new experience, after all. But in truth I felt increasingly out of place among the corporate couples.”

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“I had become very good by then at smiling and saying nothing at all.”

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“She got up and she sat down, plumping cushions, checking a clock for some invisible appointment.”

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“In truth, her grief made me uncomfortable. It was too close to a place I had been, and not that long ago. I was wary of her sadness, as if it were contagious, and found myself looking for excuses to stay away from her, trying to keep myself busy so that I didn't have to absorb it too.”

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“I heard the priest murmur the familiar recitation about dust and ashes and my eyes filled with tears. I wiped them away with a handkerchief.”

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“You know,' she said, 'when you get to my age, the pile of regrets becomes so huge it can obscure the view terribly.”

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“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?”

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“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.”

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“...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.”

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“I simply got used to seeing people I didn't recognize wandering around.”

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“I'll be fine. Just one of those days.”

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“But the women in this ballroom looked as if they made their appearance a full-time job.”

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“I don't have a clue what any of that means,' I said. 'Most days I don't either.' He was being charming, of course.”

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About the Author

Born: 1969
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 285

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Me Before YouRelated source material

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