--- title: "8 Life Stretched Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Life Stretched quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Life Stretched sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/jojo-moyes-1045_life_it-was-a-terrible-thing-to-discover-you_173901.jpg" --- > [“It was a terrible thing to discover you no longer wanted the life that stretched out ahead of you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jojo-moyes/it-was-a-terrible-thing-to-discover-you-no-longer-wanted-the-life/) [Jojo Moyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jojo-moyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/jojo-moyes-1045_life_it-was-a-terrible-thing-to-discover-you_173901.jpg) > [The prospect of his future life stretched before him like a sentence; not a prison sentence but a long-winded sentence with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-prospect-of-his-future-life-stretched-before-him-like-a-sentence/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/margaret-atwood-40_bars_the-prospect-of-his-future-life-stretche_499725.jpg) > [“I slowed my pace. Years of hauling water, wringing out clothes, scrubbing floors, emptying chamber pots, with no chance of beauty or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-chevalier/i-slowed-my-pace-years-of-hauling-water-wringing-out-clothes/) [Tracy Chevalier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-chevalier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/tracy-chevalier-7345_beauty_i-slowed-my-pace-years-of-hauling-water_964060.jpg) > [“Remember sixteen - when all the world was new and your life stretched before you like fresh snow waiting for your footprints.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-toney-horton/remember-sixteen-when-all-the-world-was-new-and-your-life-stretched/) [Peggy Toney Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-toney-horton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/peggy-toney-horton-24193_footprints_remember-sixteen-when-all-the-world-was_997397.jpg) > [“I love you My life stretched over a bridge I need you My life stretched over you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-kristian-goldmund-aumann/i-love-you-my-life-stretched-over-a-bridge-i-need-you-my-life/) [sir kristian goldmund aumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-kristian-goldmund-aumann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/sir-kristian-goldmund-aumann-6_life_i-love-you-my-life-stretched-over-a-brid_1223121.jpg) > [“At the end of her life she was aware of heat but not pain. She had time to consider his eyes, eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/at-the-end-of-her-life-she-was-aware-of-heat-but-not-pain-she-had/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c96/stephen-king-13_black-hair_at-the-end-of-her-life-she-was-aware-of_2514769.jpg) > [“When the plane took off with me in it, I felt strangely light—as if the strings mooring me to the life I’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melodie-winawer/when-the-plane-took-off-with-me-in-it-i-felt-strangely-light-as-if/) [Melodie Winawer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melodie-winawer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/melodie-winawer-110920_life_when-the-plane-took-off-with-me-in-it-i_2518937.jpg) > [“She wanted to feel like everything was in front of her again, like life was stretched out, wild and open at her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-ginder/she-wanted-to-feel-like-everything-was-in-front-of-her-again-like/) [Grant Ginder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-ginder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/grant-ginder-40278_bittersweet_she-wanted-to-feel-like-everything-was-i_3173567.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-stretched/#itemlist", "name": "Life Stretched Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was a terrible thing to discover you no longer wanted the life that stretched out ahead of you.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jojo Moyes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jojo-moyes/it-was-a-terrible-thing-to-discover-you-no-longer-wanted-the-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/jojo-moyes-1045_life_it-was-a-terrible-thing-to-discover-you_173901.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/jojo-moyes-1045_life_it-was-a-terrible-thing-to-discover-you_173901.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/jojo-moyes-1045_life_it-was-a-terrible-thing-to-discover-you_173901.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was a terrible thing to discover you no longer wanted the life that stretched out ahead of you.” — Jojo Moyes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The prospect of his future life stretched before him like a sentence; not a prison sentence but a long-winded sentence with a lot of unnecessary subordinate clauses, as he was soon in the habit of quipping during Happy Hour pickup time at the local campus bars and pubs. 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