102 Quotes by Rachel Joyce

"Frank was going to do what he always did when life got confusing, and that was absolutely nothing. If that didn't work, he would do the next thing he always did when life was confusing, and hide."

"If we can't accept what we don't know, there really is no hope."

"It struck Harold afresh how life could change in an instant. You could be doing something so everyday - walking your partner's dog, putting on your shoes - and not knowing that everything you wanted you were about to lose."

"He saw the reflection of her face in a compact mirror as she painted on her re lips. She did it with such care, he had felt she was trapping something behind the colour.She had touched life, played with it a little, bit it was a slippery bugger,and finally we must close the door, and leave it behind."

"The sky and the sun are always there. It's the clouds that come and go."

"Just because you've never done something doesn't mean you can't start."

"You think there will be a time to say goodbye, but people have often gone before you know about it."

"The letter that would change everything arrived on a Tuesday."

"There was a time when I wished it would stop, when I tried to forget, but forgetting took such strength it was easier to accept you were a missing part of me and get on with life."

"There was a patient who sat with her family in a circle around her, all holding hands. Sister Philomena asked if they would like to join her for prayers and they said yes, they would. They closed their eyes as Sister Philomena whispered the words and I thought this must be the nearest humans get to whatever God is, when they hold hands and listen."