“Despite his obligation to other people, he wished at that moment he had walls.” — Rachel Joyce Time Copy Share Image
“We hang on by so little, he thought, and felt the full despair of knowing that.” — Rachel Joyce Despair Copy Share Image
“He had started; and in doing so Harold could already see the end.” — Rachel Joyce Beginning Copy Share Image
After the two drinks, she felt warm inside, and slightly indistinct at the edges. — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
Beginnings could happen more than once, or in different ways. — Rachel Joyce Beginnings Copy Share Image
“When you know a thing is wrong, you have to work very hard to stick with it.” — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
you could be ordinary and attempt something extraordinary, without being able to explain it in a logical way. — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“I’m a postwar child, Kate. We don’t talk up our achievements, and we don’t throw things away. It’s how we were brought… — Rachel Joyce Child Copy Share Image
“I always got cross with Elizabeth for leaving the top off the toothpaste. Now I throw it away as soon as I… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“To live without her would be like scooping out the vital parts of himself, and he would be no more than a… — Rachel Joyce Fragile Copy Share Image
Harold could no longer pass a stranger without acknowledging the truth that everyone was the same, and also unique; and that this… — Rachel Joyce Being human Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you have to do something with your pain because otherwise it will swallow you.” — Rachel Joyce Pain Copy Share Image
“He was a chap like himself, with a unique pain; and yet there would be no knowing that if you passed him… — Rachel Joyce Mind Copy Share Image
“I admit I am wearing the wrong clothes. And I also admit I have not the training, or the physique, for my… — Rachel Joyce Fitness Copy Share Image
“As time passed and he found his rhythm, he began to feel more certain. England opened beneath his feet, and the feeling… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“Not a day has gone by when I have not thought of you. There was a time when I wished it would… — Rachel Joyce Forgetting Copy Share Image
We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“he chose a small paperweight containing a model of the cathedral that covered itself in glitter when he tipped it upside down.… — Rachel Joyce Strange but true Copy Share Image
“I can't explain why I think I can get there, when all the odds are against me. But I do. Even when… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Sussex said Byron’s loss would grow more bearable. But here was the nub: he didn’t want to lose his loss. Loss… — Rachel Joyce Grief Copy Share Image
“Again he felt in a profound way that he was both inside and outside what he saw; that he was bith connected,… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“The fact is that something has changed. It isn’t that he has become more likable or any less strange, but the accident… — Rachel Joyce Accident Copy Share Image
“your unlikely pilgrimage and, indeed, the courage of the woman who sat in silence and waited for you. They have caused me… — Rachel Joyce Courage Copy Share Image
“I still remember the winter sky that evening. Whenever I worked in my sea garden and I saw a sunset like that,… — rachel joyce Beach Copy Share Image
“You ease a record from its cover. It's years since you've held one but you do this without thinking. Slide your fingers… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“He had felt safe with what he had confided. It had been the same with Queenie. You could say things in the… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“The fact was, it was safer to stay uninvolved. He was perfectly fine with emotions, so long as they belonged to other… — Rachel Joyce Art of life Copy Share Image
... He went under the stars, and the tender light of the moon, when it hung like an eyelash and the tree… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“Harold believed his journey was truly beginning. He had thought it started the moment he decided to walk to Berwick, but he… — Rachel Joyce Beginning Copy Share Image
“Music comes out of silence and at the end it goes back to it. It's a journey. You see?” — Rachel Joyce Journey Copy Share Image
“His shirt, tie, and trousers were folded small as an apology on a faded blue-velvet chair.” — Rachel Joyce Apology Copy Share Image
“The people he met, the places he passed, were all steps in his journey, and he kept a place inside his heart… — Rachel Joyce Journey Copy Share Image
“It was hard to have been her guest. It was hard to understand a little and then walk away.” — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“Pardon me, but you are here to live until you die. There is a significant difference.” I” — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“If I just keep putting one foot in front of the other, it stands to reason that I'm going to get there.” — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“If we can't be open... if we can't accept what we don't know, there really is no hope.” — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
But maybe it's what the world needs. A little less sense, and a little more faith. — Rachel Joyce Faith Copy Share Image
“You think there will be a time to say goodbye, but people have often gone before you know about it.” — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
You got up, and you did something. And if trying to find a way when you don't even know you can get… — Rachel Joyce Miracle Copy Share Image
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