Jojo Moyes Quotes

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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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“If you'd bothered to ask me, Clark, if you'd bothered to consult me just once about this so-called fun outing of ours, I could have told you. I hate horses, and horse racing. Always have. But you didn't bother to ask me. You decided what you thought you'd like me to do, and you went ahead and did it. You did what everyone else does. You decided for me.”

Ifs Doe Hate Asks Fun Decided I Hate Horse Like Me Bother Ask Me Racing Bothered Horse Racing

Author:Jojo Moyes

“I thought the world had actually ended. I thought nothing good could ever happen again. I thought anything might happen if I wasn't vigilant. I didn't eat. I didn't go out. I didn't want to see anyone. But I survived, Paul. Much to my own surprise, I got through it. And life...well, gradually became livable again.”

Ifs World Want Wells Might Happens My Own Surprise Survived Vigilant

Author:Jojo Moyes

“Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay.”

Ifs World Stills Whole Mother Father Rocks Okay Whole World Throwing Throwing Rocks

Author:Jojo Moyes

“The only thing Jess really cared about were those two children and letting them know they were okay. Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you'd be okay. Some deep-rooted part of you would know you were loved. That you deserved to be loved.”

Ifs Knows World Children Two Whole Mother Rocks Okay Whole World Throwing Rooted Throwing Rocks

Author:Jojo Moyes

“I could hear her babbling away beside me, but I wasn't really paying attention. I could barely focus on anything. My nerve endings seemed to have come alive; they almost jangled with anticipation I was going to see Will. Whatever else, I had that. I could almost feel the miles between us shrinking, as if we were at two ends of some invisible elastic thread.”

Ifs Feels Two Ends Attention Focus Alive Miles Invisible Pay Attention Nerves Anticipation Thread Shrinking Babbling

Author:Jojo Moyes

“I'm not going to try and change you mind." "If you're here, you accept it's my choice. This is the first thing I've been in control of since the accident." "I know." And there it was. He knew it, and I knew it. There was nothing left for me to do. Do you know how hard it is to say nothing ? When every atom of you strains to do the opposite? I just tried to be, tried to absorb the man I loved through osmosis, tried to imprint what I had left of him on myself. I did not speak.”

Ifs Knows Men Trying Mind Firsts Hard Choices Left Speak Accepting Know How Opposites Accidents Do You Know Atoms Strain Osmosis

Author:Jojo Moyes

“I hadn’t realized that music could unlock things in you, could transport you to somewhere even the composer hadn’t predicted. It left an imprint in the air around you, as if you carried its remnants with you when you went.”

Ifs Left Air Composer Transport Remnants

Book:Me Before You: A Novel

Source: Me Before You: A Novel

“He smelt of the sun, as if it had seeped deep into his skin, and I found myself inhaling silently, as if he were something delicious.”

Ifs Found Sun Skins Delicious

Book:Me Before You: A Novel

Source: Me Before You: A Novel

“Push yourself. Don’t settle. Wear those stripy legs with pride. And if you insist on settling down with some ridiculous bloke, make sure some of this is squirreled away somewhere. Knowing you still have possibilities is a luxury. Knowing I might have given them to you has alleviated something for me.”

Ifs Stills Might Given Knowing Possibility Pride Legs Ridiculous Luxury Settling Push Yourself Settling Down Blokes

Author:Jojo Moyes

“If all we are allowed is hours, minutes, I want to be able to etch each of them on to my memory with exquisite clarity so that I can recall them at moments like this, when my very soul feels blackened.”

Ifs Want Feels I Can Soul Moments Able Hours Memories Minutes Clarity Recalls Exquisite

Book:The Last Letter from Your Lover

Source: The Last Letter from Your Lover

“... if you're going to wear a dress like that you need to wear it with confidence. You need to fill it out mentally as well as physically.”

Ifs Needs Wells Dresses

Book:Me Before You: A Novel

Source: Me Before You: A Novel

“And I don't want to look at you every day, to see you naked,to watch you wandering around the annexe in your crazy dresses and not...not be able to do what I want with you. Oh, Clark,if you had any idea what I want to do to you right now.And I...i can't live with that knowledge. I can't. It's Not who I am. I can't be the kind of man who just...accepts.”

Ifs Men Want Looks Kind I Can Ideas Able Accepting Watches Crazy Right Now Dresses Who I Am Naked Wander Wandering Around Your Crazy

Book:Me Before You: A Novel

Source: Me Before You: A Novel

“"What if I like watching television? What if I don't want to do much else other than read a book?"... "What if I'm tired when I get home? What if I don't fill my days with frenetic activity?" "But one day you might wish you had."”

Ifs Want Book Home Might Wish Television One Day Activity Tired What If Wish You I'm Tired Watching Television

Author:Jojo Moyes

“I am conscious that knowing me has caused you pain, and grief, and I hope that one day when you are less angry with me and less upset you will see not just that I could only have done the thing that I did, but also that this will help you live a really good life, a better life, than if you hadn’t met me.”

Ifs Done Helping Pain Grief Knowing Mets One Day Conscious Angry Upset Good Life Better Life Really Good Life

Book:Me Before You: A Novel

Source: Me Before You: A Novel

“If I don't cry while writing a key emotional scene, my gut feeling is it's failed.”

Ifs Writing Feelings Cry Emotional Keys Scene Guts Gut Feelings

Author:Jojo Moyes

About the Author

Born: 1969
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 285

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Still MeRelated source material

Me Before YouRelated source material

Me Before You: A NovelRelated source material

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