“When you know a thing is wrong, you have to work very hard to stick with it.” — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to people who find themselves on the outside of things. I'm moved by that in real life. — Rachel Joyce Drawn Copy Share Image
“We hang on by so little, he thought, and felt the full despair of knowing that.” — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“Besides, the big things in life do not present themselves as such. They come in the quiet, ordinary moments-- a phone call,… — Rachel Joyce Big things Copy Share Image
“Harold walked with these strangers and listened. He judged no one, although as the day wore on, and time and places began… — Rachel Joyce Long time Copy Share Image
“That was why Peg loved the Messiah best of all. Because it showed people they were not alone. No matter about their… — Rachel Joyce Music 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 Copy Share Image
“Sie glaubten an ihn. Sie hatten ihn in seinen Segelschuhen angesehen, hatten zugehoert, was er sagte, und hatten mit Herz und Verstand… — Rachel Joyce 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
“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
“That's what nobody realizes. Two seconds are huge. It's the difference between something happening and something not happening. You could take one… — Rachel Joyce Time Copy Share Image
“Did you have any yourself?" she said. "Just one." Harold thought of David, but it was too much to explain. He saw… — Rachel Joyce Another woman 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
“He looks at me gently, with you eyes, and he says, simply, 'I just want someone to see me, Q. See who… — Rachel Joyce Seen Copy Share Image
“He doesn’t know if the words they are using actually mean the things they purport to mean or whether the words have… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“He had been guilty once or twice of believing he understood, only to discover he did not... There were times, he saw,… — Rachel Joyce Faith Copy Share Image
“His shirt, tie, and trousers were folded small as an apology on a faded blue-velvet chair.” — Rachel Joyce 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 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 Different ways 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
“Despite his obligation to other people, he wished at that moment he had walls.” — Rachel Joyce Time Copy Share Image
But it never ceases to amaze me how difficult the things that are supposed to be instinctive really are. — Rachel Joyce Difficult 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 Copy Share Image
