"People were buying milk, or filling their cars……" — Rachel Joyce
"People were buying milk, or filling their cars with petrol, or even posting letters. And what no one else knew was the appalling weight of the thing they were carrying inside. The superhuman effort it took sometimes to be normal, and a part of things that appeared both easy and everyday. The loneliness of that."
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Rachel Joyce
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38 Quotes by Rachel Joyce
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The world was made up of people putting one foot in front of the other; and a life might appear…
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You got up, and you did something. And if trying to find a way when you don't even know you…
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After the two drinks, she felt warm inside, and slightly indistinct at the edges.
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... He went under the stars, and the tender light of the moon, when it hung like an eyelash and…
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If we don't go mad once in a while, there's no hope.
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The past was the past; there was no escaping your beginnings.
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He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was also his journey to accept…
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I've begun to think that we sit far more than we're supposed to...Why else would we have feet?
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I miss her all the time. I know in my head that she has gone. the only difference is that…
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But maybe it's what the world needs. A little less sense, and a little more faith.
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He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was his journey to accept the…
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He must have driven this way countless times, and yet he had no memory of the scenery. He must have…
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