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title: "1 Person Story Quotes By Rachel Joyce"
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> [“We are at the centre of our own stories. And sometimes it is hard to believe that we are not at the centre of other people's. But I love the fact that you can brush pasta person with your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/we-are-at-the-centre-of-our-own-stories-and-sometimes-it-is-hard-to/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

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## More by Rachel Joyce

> [“IT HAD NEVER been such a beautiful May. Every day the sky shone a peerless blue, untouched by cloud. Already, the gardens were crammed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/it-had-never-been-such-a-beautiful-may-every-day-the-sky-shone-a/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [After the two drinks, she felt warm inside, and slightly indistinct at the edges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/after-the-two-drinks-she-felt-warm-inside-and-slightly-indistinct-at/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [“He walked so surely it was as if all his life he had been waiting to get up from his chair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/he-walked-so-surely-it-was-as-if-all-his-life-he-had-been-waiting-to/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [He must have driven this way countless times, and yet he had no memory of the scenery. He must have been so caught up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/he-must-have-driven-this-way-countless-times-and-yet-he-had-no-memory/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [“He saw the reflection of her face in a compact mirror as she painted on her re lips. She did it with such care,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/he-saw-the-reflection-of-her-face-in-a-compact-mirror-as-she-painted/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [“I can't explain why I think I can get there, when all the odds are against me. But I do. Even when a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/i-can-t-explain-why-i-think-i-can-get-there-when-all-the-odds-are/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [“It wasn’t just 1) the artwork and sleeve notes on the album sleeve. It wasn’t 2) the possibility of a hidden track, or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/it-wasn-t-just-1-the-artwork-and-sleeve-notes-on-the-album-sleeve-it/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to save a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/in-writing-about-harold-and-maureen-with-their-terrible-unspoken/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [“He wished the man would honor the true meaning of words, instead of using them as ammunition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/he-wished-the-man-would-honor-the-true-meaning-of-words-instead-of/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [“We are at the centre of our own stories. And sometimes it is hard to believe that we are not at the centre of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/we-are-at-the-centre-of-our-own-stories-and-sometimes-it-is-hard-to/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [I find that very appealing: the blurring of the lines between what's funny and what's tragic. And what's ordinary and what's not - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/i-find-that-very-appealing-the-blurring-of-the-lines-between-what-s/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [Beginnings could happen more than once or in different ways. You could think you were starting something afresh, when actually what you were doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/beginnings-could-happen-more-than-once-or-in-different-ways-you-could/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [“As time passed and he found his rhythm, he began to feel more certain. England opened up beneath his feet, and the feeling of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/as-time-passed-and-he-found-his-rhythm-he-began-to-feel-more-certain/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [“It surprised him that he was remembering all this. Maybe it was the walking. Maybe you saw even more than the land when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/it-surprised-him-that-he-was-remembering-all-this-maybe-it-was-the/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

> [“There was something about her, something pure and fluid that could not be contained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/there-was-something-about-her-something-pure-and-fluid-that-could-not/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

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