“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 Explain 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
The characters in my stories all have quite loud lives in my head. It's a relief to get them on the page.… — Rachel Joyce Characters 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 Caminantes 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 About 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
“As time passed and he found his rhythm, he began to feel more certain. England opened beneath his feet, and the feeling… — Rachel Joyce Feeling 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
“It was the same with time, he thought, and also sorrow. They were both waiting to catch you. And no matter how… — Rachel Joyce Time Copy Share Image
Before I gave birth to Hope, I had a miscarriage. The pain was so enormous, I had to write myself out of… — Rachel Joyce Before Copy Share Image
My father died in France, and my sisters and I went over with my mum to bring back his body. I remember… — Rachel Joyce Back Copy Share Image
And it can take a lifetime, a life of many years, to accept the incongruity of things: that a small moment can… — Rachel Joyce Accepting Copy Share Image
“He had never been good at expressing himself. What he felt was so big it was difficult to find the words, and… — Rachel Joyce Expressing Copy Share Image
'Perfect' is about a set-up that looks perfect from the outside - beautiful country house, beautiful wife and mother, everything where it… — Rachel Joyce About Copy Share Image
“In walking, he unleashed the past that he had spent twenty years seeking to avoid, and now it chattered and played through… — Rachel Joyce Caminantes Copy Share Image
“Paula says that the problem is that people like Jim are too good. And he knows that the problem is not them.… — Rachel Joyce Problem People Copy Share Image
“A canopy of sticky young leaves clung to the branches above him. There were startling yellow clouds of forsythia, trails of purple… — Rachel Joyce Leaves Clung Copy Share Image
“He saw the reflection of her face in a compact mirror as she painted on her re lips. She did it with… — Rachel Joyce Life Copy Share Image
Even if we don't believe in church or God, we still believe in things that are bigger than ourselves. We need to… — Rachel Joyce Any Copy Share Image
“—¿Y de veras cree que llegará a Berwick? —No malgasto mis fuerzas y no pierdo el tiempo holgazaneando. Si sigo poniendo un… — Rachel Joyce Amor Copy Share Image
“The regrets about all she had let go flooded her. Where had all that enterprise gone? All that energy? Why had she… — Rachel Joyce Business Copy Share Image
“He visited the cathedral, and sat in its chilled light, pouring like water from above. He reminded himself that centuries ago men… — Rachel Joyce Cathedral Copy Share Image
I went through a stage of writing my cramped hand in tiny books. My two sisters and I did have our Bronte… — Rachel Joyce Books 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
“They caught hands again, and walked toward the water's edge, two small figures against the black waves. Only halfway there, one of… — Rachel Joyce Laughter Copy Share Image
“The only difference is that I am getting used to the pain. It's like discovering a great hole in the ground. To… — Rachel Joyce Falling Copy Share Image
“As time passed and he found his rhythm, he began to feel more certain. England opened up beneath his feet, and the… — Rachel Joyce Caminantes Copy Share Image
“It struck Harold afresh how life could change in an instant. You could be doing something so everyday - walking your partner's… — Rachel Joyce Change Copy Share Image
“He knew he was going to reach Berwick, and that all he had to do was to place one foot in front… — Rachel Joyce Forward 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 Feet Copy Share Image
I miss her all the time. I know in my head that she has gone. the only difference is that I am… — Rachel Joyce Differences Copy Share Image
“They believed in him. They had looked at him in his yachting shoes, and listened to what he said, and they had… — Rachel Joyce Believed Copy Share Image
“She had bleached and annihilated every waking moment of the last twenty years. Anything, rather than feel. Anything, rather than meet Harold’s… — Rachel Joyce Time Copy Share Image
“Harold thought of the people he had already met on his journey. All of them were different, but none of them struck… — Rachel Joyce Mind Copy Share Image
On television, it's all just shiny, successful people, and so I feel somebody has to wave a flag for the ordinary people… — Rachel Joyce Feel Copy Share Image
...People would make the decisions they wished to make and some of them would hurt both themselves and those who loved them,… — Rachel Joyce Decision Copy Share Image
The world was made up of people putting one foot in front of the other; and a life might appear ordinary simply… — Rachel Joyce Feet Copy Share Image
He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was his journey to accept the strangeness of… — Rachel Joyce Accepting Copy Share Image
There was no escaping what he had realized as he fought for warmth in the night. With or without him,the moon and… — Rachel Joyce Differences Copy Share Image
“The world is full of women who have children, and women who don’t, but there is also a silent band of women… — Rachel Joyce Children Copy Share Image
