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Rachel Joyce quotes: He walked for surely it was as if all his life he had been waiting to get up from his chair. He walked for surely it was as if all his life he had been waiting to get up from his chair.
Rachel Joyce quotes: He hunched his shoulders and drove his feet harder, as if he wasn't so much walking to Queenie as away from himself. He hunched his shoulders and drove his feet harder, as if he wasn't so much walking to Queenie as away from himself.
Rachel Joyce quotes: There was anger for a while, and then there was something else, that was like silence but had an energy and violence of its own. There was anger for a while, and then there was something else, that was like silence but had an energy and violence of its own.
Rachel Joyce quotes: When a thing is taken away, you see more clearly what it brought to your life ... When a thing is taken away, you see more clearly what it brought to your life ...
Rachel Joyce quotes: We were very happy' - it was such a pleasure to voice these things, she wished there were more words. 'Very happy We were very happy' - it was such a pleasure to voice these things, she wished there were more words. 'Very happy
Rachel Joyce quotes: It was not a life, if lived without love. It was not a life, if lived without love.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Beginnings could happen more than once, or in different ways. Beginnings could happen more than once, or in different ways.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself. Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself.
Rachel Joyce quotes: I tell you only because in my pregnancy I had discovered a new way to love, freely and joyfully and without expectation. I tell you only because in my pregnancy I had discovered a new way to love, freely and joyfully and without expectation.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Silently he had moved within her until deep inside she opened like a flower. Silently he had moved within her until deep inside she opened like a flower.
Rachel Joyce quotes: It was as much of a gift to receive as it was to give, requiring as it did both courage and humility. He It was as much of a gift to receive as it was to give, requiring as it did both courage and humility. He
Rachel Joyce quotes: There was something febrile about her independence that made him nervous on her behalf. There was something febrile about her independence that made him nervous on her behalf.
Rachel Joyce quotes: If we don't go mad once in a while, there's no hope. If we don't go mad once in a while, there's no hope.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Sometimes her words sliced down on his before they had even reached his mouth. Sometimes her words sliced down on his before they had even reached his mouth.
Rachel Joyce quotes: I am starting again, I thought. Because that is what you do when you reach the last stop. You make a new beginning. I am starting again, I thought. Because that is what you do when you reach the last stop. You make a new beginning.
Rachel Joyce quotes: To explain is sometimes to diminish. And what does it matter if I believe one thing and you believe another? We share the same end. To explain is sometimes to diminish. And what does it matter if I believe one thing and you believe another? We share the same end.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Endings, it seems, are not all they're cracked up to be. Endings, it seems, are not all they're cracked up to be.
Rachel Joyce quotes: I've begun to think that we sit far more than we're supposed to ... Why else would we have feet? I've begun to think that we sit far more than we're supposed to ... Why else would we have feet?
Rachel Joyce quotes: Life is very different when you walked through it...How was it he never noticed all this before? Life is very different when you walked through it...How was it he never noticed all this before?
Rachel Joyce quotes: You could be ordinary and attempt something extraordinary, without being able to explain it in a logical way. You could be ordinary and attempt something extraordinary, without being able to explain it in a logical way.
Rachel Joyce quotes: I let you go, Harold, because you were not mine and you never would be. You belonged to your wife. I let you go, Harold, because you were not mine and you never would be. You belonged to your wife.
Rachel Joyce quotes: He had wanted more than he could physically give, and so his walk had become a battle against himself, and he had failed. He had wanted more than he could physically give, and so his walk had become a battle against himself, and he had failed.
Rachel Joyce quotes: He had always been too English; by which he supposed he meant that he was ordinary. He had always been too English; by which he supposed he meant that he was ordinary.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Sometimes it is easier, he thinks, to live out the mistakes we have made than to summon the energy and imagination required to repair them. Sometimes it is easier, he thinks, to live out the mistakes we have made than to summon the energy and imagination required to repair them.
Rachel Joyce quotes: With post like yours, who needs enemies?" he said. With post like yours, who needs enemies?" he said.
Rachel Joyce quotes: He was both inside and outside what he saw; that he was both connected and passing through ... both a part of things, and not. He was both inside and outside what he saw; that he was both connected and passing through ... both a part of things, and not.
Rachel Joyce quotes: No one knows how to be normal ... We're all just trying our best. No one knows how to be normal ... We're all just trying our best.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Sometimes I think depression must be like a dance in your head and anything can trigger it, if you know that dance. Sometimes I think depression must be like a dance in your head and anything can trigger it, if you know that dance.
Rachel Joyce quotes: The nudity of his words took him by surprised, as if it were Harold himself who was wearing no clothes. The nudity of his words took him by surprised, as if it were Harold himself who was wearing no clothes.
Rachel Joyce quotes: It's a shame short men don't wear heels; it would save the world a lot of trouble. It's a shame short men don't wear heels; it would save the world a lot of trouble.
Rachel Joyce quotes: (He) feels (his) words reach him. They slide beneath his orange uniform and touch his bones. (He) feels (his) words reach him. They slide beneath his orange uniform and touch his bones.
Rachel Joyce quotes: (She cupped his face in her palms.) They were so close now that his features lost distinction and all she could see was the feeling she had for him. (She cupped his face in her palms.) They were so close now that his features lost distinction and all she could see was the feeling she had for him.
Rachel Joyce quotes: It was hard to understand a little and then walk away. It was hard to understand a little and then walk away.
Rachel Joyce quotes: I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt. I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Queenie Hennessy - "I am here to die."Sister Mary Inconnue - "Pardon me but you are here to live until you die. There is a significant difference. Queenie Hennessy - "I am here to die."
Sister Mary Inconnue - "Pardon me but you are here to live until you die. There is a significant difference.
Rachel Joyce quotes: She looked at him and her heart tipped sideways. She looked at him and her heart tipped sideways.
Rachel Joyce quotes: When I first met you, I was ready. I had a space for you. When I first met you, I was ready. I had a space for you.
Rachel Joyce quotes: A flock of gulls flew east, rising and falling, as if they might clean the sky with their wings. A flock of gulls flew east, rising and falling, as if they might clean the sky with their wings.
Rachel Joyce quotes: I had to get away from him. Sometimes we reject the people who tell the truth and it is not because they are wrong. It is because we can't I had to get away from him. Sometimes we reject the people who tell the truth and it is not because they are wrong. It is because we can't
Rachel Joyce quotes: I have written stories since I was a child. I have written stories since I was a child.
Rachel Joyce quotes: The letter that would change everything arrived on a Tuesday. The letter that would change everything arrived on a Tuesday.
Rachel Joyce quotes: She had stayed because, however lonely she was with Harold, the world without him would be even more desolate. She had stayed because, however lonely she was with Harold, the world without him would be even more desolate.
Rachel Joyce quotes: But sometimes you don't say the word because you think a thing is ongoing when actually it is already over. The But sometimes you don't say the word because you think a thing is ongoing when actually it is already over. The
Rachel Joyce quotes: Thank fuck that's over," said Finty, rubbing at her mouth and her sweatshirt. "Let's have a game of Scrabble. Thank fuck that's over," said Finty, rubbing at her mouth and her sweatshirt. "Let's have a game of Scrabble.
Rachel Joyce quotes: She had touched life, played with it a little, but it is a slippery bugger, and finally we must close the door, and leave it behind. A She had touched life, played with it a little, but it is a slippery bugger, and finally we must close the door, and leave it behind. A
Rachel Joyce quotes: His shirt, tie, and trousers were folded small as an apology on a faded blue-velvet chair. His shirt, tie, and trousers were folded small as an apology on a faded blue-velvet chair.
Rachel Joyce quotes: He was a chap like himself, with a unique pain; and yet there would be no knowing that if you passed him in the street, or sat opposite him in He was a chap like himself, with a unique pain; and yet there would be no knowing that if you passed him in the street, or sat opposite him in a cafe
Rachel Joyce quotes: On he went, one foot in front of the other. Now that he accepted the slowness of himself, he took pleasure in the distance he covered. On he went, one foot in front of the other. Now that he accepted the slowness of himself, he took pleasure in the distance he covered.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Time was what held the world together. It kept life as it should be. Time was what held the world together. It kept life as it should be.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Besides, I was thrown by your eyes. The blue of them was so generous, I couldn't quite think of anything else. Besides, I was thrown by your eyes. The blue of them was so generous, I couldn't quite think of anything else.
Rachel Joyce quotes: The past was the past; there was no escaping your beginnings. The past was the past; there was no escaping your beginnings.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Not believing that her wanting him alive wasn't enough to bring him back. Not believing that her wanting him alive wasn't enough to bring him back.
Rachel Joyce quotes: I'm drawn to people who find themselves on the outside of things. I'm moved by that in real life. I'm drawn to people who find themselves on the outside of things. I'm moved by that in real life.
Rachel Joyce quotes: We all should accept what the earth gives freely. It is an act of grace. We all should accept what the earth gives freely. It is an act of grace.
Rachel Joyce quotes: And he wonders if that is what people look for in a partner or a friend: the part of themselves that is missing. And he wonders if that is what people look for in a partner or a friend: the part of themselves that is missing.
Rachel Joyce quotes: He no longer saw distance in terms of miles. He measured it with his remembering He no longer saw distance in terms of miles. He measured it with his remembering
Rachel Joyce quotes: But maybe it's what the world needs. A little less sense, and a little more faith. But maybe it's what the world needs. A little less sense, and a little more faith.
Rachel Joyce quotes: I found out what was right only by getting it wrong. I found out what was right only by getting it wrong.
Rachel Joyce quotes: I loved you and you didn't know. I loved you and that was enough. I loved you and you didn't know. I loved you and that was enough.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Nobody is so frightening once you stop and listen, Maureen. Nobody is so frightening once you stop and listen, Maureen.
Rachel Joyce quotes: The least planned part of the journey, however, was the journey itself. The least planned part of the journey, however, was the journey itself.
Rachel Joyce quotes: After several hours, he realized he had been so lost in remembering and mourning the past, he had wasted two miles heading in the wrong direction. After several hours, he realized he had been so lost in remembering and mourning the past, he had wasted two miles heading in the wrong direction.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Even the potted fern seemed to hold its breath. Harold Even the potted fern seemed to hold its breath. Harold
Rachel Joyce quotes: Branches of spiraea bowed under sleeves of blossom, and delphinium shoots nudged the soil. With the Branches of spiraea bowed under sleeves of blossom, and delphinium shoots nudged the soil. With the
Rachel Joyce quotes: We hang on by so little, he thought, and felt the full despair of knowing that. We hang on by so little, he thought, and felt the full despair of knowing that.
Rachel Joyce quotes: For me, writing is such an escape, and I felt very lucky to have this to run away to. For me, writing is such an escape, and I felt very lucky to have this to run away to.
Rachel Joyce quotes: If we can't accept what we don't know, there really is no hope. If we can't accept what we don't know, there really is no hope.
Rachel Joyce quotes: There is so much to the human mind we don't understand. But, you see, if you have faith, you can do anything. There is so much to the human mind we don't understand. But, you see, if you have faith, you can do anything.
Rachel Joyce quotes: We don't know what to do with sadness. That's the problem. We want to put it out of the way and we can't. We don't know what to do with sadness. That's the problem. We want to put it out of the way and we can't.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Maybe the clever people are not the ones who think they're clever. Maybe the clever people are the ones who accept that they know nothing. Maybe the clever people are not the ones who think they're clever. Maybe the clever people are the ones who accept that they know nothing.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Sometimes you cannot clear the past completely. You must live alongside your sorrow. Sometimes you cannot clear the past completely. You must live alongside your sorrow.
Rachel Joyce quotes: How oft," he murmured, "when men are at the point of death have they been merry! How oft," he murmured, "when men are at the point of death have they been merry!
Rachel Joyce quotes: The people he met, the places he passed, were all steps in his journey, and he kept a place inside his heart for each of them. The people he met, the places he passed, were all steps in his journey, and he kept a place inside his heart for each of them.
Rachel Joyce quotes: I knew then that you would always see the positive side because you liked people, and you wanted the best for them. It was intoxicating. I knew then that you would always see the positive side because you liked people, and you wanted the best for them. It was intoxicating.
Rachel Joyce quotes: You have to think bigger than what you know, James You have to think bigger than what you know, James
Rachel Joyce quotes: In the end, it makes no difference who you are. It's friends that count. In the end, it makes no difference who you are. It's friends that count.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Despite his obligation to other people, he wished at that moment he had walls. Despite his obligation to other people, he wished at that moment he had walls.
Rachel Joyce quotes: He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was also his journey to accept the strangeness of others. He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was also his journey to accept the strangeness of others.
Rachel Joyce quotes: So long as I could see you every weekday, I was happy to love you from the sidelines. So long as I could see you every weekday, I was happy to love you from the sidelines.
Rachel Joyce quotes: After the two drinks, she felt warm inside, and slightly indistinct at the edges. After the two drinks, she felt warm inside, and slightly indistinct at the edges.
Rachel Joyce quotes: The place was not cruel. It was worse. It didn't notice. The place was not cruel. It was worse. It didn't notice.
Rachel Joyce quotes: For a moment I believed everything would turn out all right for me because you clearly desired that too. For a moment I believed everything would turn out all right for me because you clearly desired that too.
Rachel Joyce quotes: So you see, people are rarely the straightforward things we think they are. Even the villains in a story can turn round and surprise us. So you see, people are rarely the straightforward things we think they are. Even the villains in a story can turn round and surprise us.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Sometimes you have to do something with your pain because otherwise it will swallow you. Sometimes you have to do something with your pain because otherwise it will swallow you.
Rachel Joyce quotes: I think lots of ideas are sometimes in our heads without us quite, you know, knowing it. I think lots of ideas are sometimes in our heads without us quite, you know, knowing it.
Rachel Joyce quotes: It would be so easy to stop getting up. To stop washing. To stop eating. Being alone required such constant effort. It would be so easy to stop getting up. To stop washing. To stop eating. Being alone required such constant effort.
Rachel Joyce quotes: The sky and the sun are always there. It's the clouds that come and go. The sky and the sun are always there. It's the clouds that come and go.
Rachel Joyce quotes: I just want someone to see me, Q. See who I really am. It is what we all want, in the end; to be seen. I just want someone to see me, Q. See who I really am. It is what we all want, in the end; to be seen.
Rachel Joyce quotes: But it never ceases to amaze me how difficult the things that are supposed to be instinctive really are. But it never ceases to amaze me how difficult the things that are supposed to be instinctive really are.
Rachel Joyce quotes: Mind where you're going, people muttered at me. I hated them, but really the person I hated was myself. I fled. Mind where you're going, people muttered at me. I hated them, but really the person I hated was myself. I fled.
Rachel Joyce quotes: It is a hard thing, as I said, this learning to love. But it is an even harder thing, I think, to learn to be ordinary. It is a hard thing, as I said, this learning to love. But it is an even harder thing, I think, to learn to be ordinary.
Rachel Joyce quotes: He wished the man would honor the true meaning of words, instead of using them as ammunition. He wished the man would honor the true meaning of words, instead of using them as ammunition.

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