“Despite his obligation to other people, he wished at that moment he had walls.” — Rachel Joyce Time Copy Share Image
“When you know a thing is wrong, you have to work very hard to stick with it.” — Rachel Joyce Hard Copy Share Image
Beginnings could happen more than once, or in different ways. — Rachel Joyce Beginnings Copy Share Image
After the two drinks, she felt warm inside, and slightly indistinct at the edges. — Rachel Joyce Drink 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
“You think there will be a time to say goodbye, but people have often gone before you know about it.” — Rachel Joyce Gone 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 Accept 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
“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 Foot Copy Share Image
“Pardon me, but you are here to live until you die. There is a significant difference.” I” — Rachel Joyce Live Copy Share Image
“He walked so surely it was as if all his life he had been waiting to get up from his chair.” — Rachel Joyce Life Copy Share Image
I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt. — Rachel Joyce Big Copy Share Image
“Beginnings could happen more than once, or in different ways. You could think you were starting something afresh, when actually what you… — Rachel Joyce Beginnings Copy Share Image
The story of Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage began as an afternoon play for radio. For many years, I have been… — Rachel Joyce Adapting Copy Share Image
“In order to succeed he must remain true to the feeling that had inspired him in the first place. It didn’t matter… — Rachel Joyce First place Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a very ordinary person. I like writing about the juxtaposition between people: the beauty of them at… — Rachel Joyce About Copy Share Image
“Sister Lucy is one of the kindest young women I’ve met. When it comes to French manicures and blow-drying, she has no… — Rachel Joyce Lucy Copy Share Image
“The kindness of the woman with the food came back to him, and that of Martina. They had offered him comfort and… — Rachel Joyce Kindness Copy Share Image
“For Frank, music was like a garden – it sowed seeds in far-flung places. People would miss out on so many wonderful… — Rachel Joyce Frank Copy Share Image
“We are at the centre of our own stories. And sometimes it is hard to believe that we are not at the… — Rachel Joyce Hard to believe Copy Share Image
“After that she paired each of her outfits with one of his. She tucked the cuff of her blouse in his blue… — Rachel Joyce Outfits Tucked Copy Share Image
“Stories are important. We need them. It is through telling and hearing stories that we make sense of the world. Like dreams,… — Rachel Joyce Dreams Copy Share Image
I'm sure that everything you do contributes to the sort of novel that you write. A lot of actors have an understanding… — Rachel Joyce Actor Copy Share Image
“One of the pluses of chemotherapy, she tells the volunteers, is that all her facial and body hair has gone. It’s like… — Rachel Joyce Body hair Copy Share Image
“It was Haydn and Mozart who really cracked the sonata, but it was Beethoven who reinvented it, just as he reinvented the… — Rachel Joyce Beethoven Copy Share Image
“He felt safe with what he had confided. It was the same with Queenie. You could say things in the car and… — Rachel Joyce Confided Copy Share Image
“He had learned that it was the smallness of people that filled him with wonder and tenderness, putting one foot in front… — Rachel Joyce Life Copy Share Image
“He had learned that it was the smallness of people that filled him with wonder and tenderness, and the loneliness of that… — Rachel Joyce Life Copy Share Image
“There were times, he saw, when not knowing was the biggest truth, and you had to stay with that.” — Rachel Joyce Time Copy Share Image
“Maybe it was the walking. Maybe you saw even more than the land when you got out of the car and used… — Rachel Joyce Walking 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
“I always got cross with Elizabeth for leaving the top off the toothpaste. Now I throw it away as soon as I… — Rachel Joyce Toothpaste 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
“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
you could be ordinary and attempt something extraordinary, without being able to explain it in a logical way. — Rachel Joyce Able Copy Share Image
“He walked for surely it was as if all his life he had been waiting to get up from his chair.” — Rachel Joyce Life Copy Share Image
He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was also his journey to accept the strangeness… — Rachel Joyce Accepting Copy Share Image
“He wished the man would honor the true meaning of words, instead of using them as ammunition.” — Rachel Joyce Language Copy Share Image
