631 Quotes by Jojo Moyes

Castles trump feminism every time.

Well, you’re a lucky man,” Will said, as Nathan began to steer him out. “She certainly gives a good bed bath.

Books are what teach you about life. Books teach you empathy. But you can’t buy books if you barely got enough to make rent. So that library is a vital resource! You shut a library, Louisa, you don’t just shut down a building, you shut down hope.

I know we can do this. I know it’s not how you would have chosen it, but I know I can make you happy. And all I can say in 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.

The most enjoyable element of Kentucky society, she observed, was the endless stories: the misfortunes of families, gossip about neighbors – every anecdote served up beautifully formed and with a punch-line that would leave the table rocking with laughter. If there was more than one raconteur at the table it would swiftly become a competitive sport.

You don’t ever do something just because it makes you feel good?” The assistant shrugs. “Mademoiselle, you need to spend more time in Paris.

He talked to her in the way that people tell lifelong secrets to fellow passengers in railway carriages: an unburdened intimacy, resting on the unspoken understanding that they were unlikely to meet again.

Look outwards, Alice. Not much point worrying what the town thinks about you – nothing you can do about that anyway. But when you look outwards, why, there’s a whole world of beautiful things.

Without someone to talk to, every sight I saw – whether it was the Trevi Fountain or a canal in Amsterdam – felt simply like a name on a list that I needed to check off.