“Sometimes it took only a few words of faith to reilluminate a spark of confidence that the future could be something wonderful, instead of a relentless series of obstacles and disappointments.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“he said, that the only way to achieve something magical was through work and discipline”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“It was a terrible thing to discover you no longer wanted the life that stretched out ahead of you.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“It was a world of order, of high standards met and maintained. Mac felt curiousity reassured that a place like this still existed.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“There was no one left to anchor her to the earth, no one who cared about her. There was nothing to go on to, nothing to return to.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“It was a terrible thing to discover you no longer wanted the life that stretched ahead of you.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“Money didn't buy you happiness, she reflected afterward, but it certainly provided you with better places to be miserable.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“For as a rule, the most ambitious horses are the highest mettled.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“How easily an innocent remark could be misconstrued when every conversation was loaded with history.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“There is no happiness in this world other than what is achieved by love of one's work”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“I'm fine," she said, wondering how you could say something so patently true yet untrue at the same time.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“Every time I think I know everything about horses, there is something more to surprise me. "I feel the same way about humans," Mac said.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“Under his breath, he repeated the words of Xenophon: “Anger undermines effective communication with your horse.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
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“At teenage parties he was always wandering into the garden, sitting on a bench in the dark . . . staring up at the constellations and pondering all those big questions about the existence of God and the nature of evil and the mystery of death, questions which seemed more important than anything else in the would until a few years passed and some real questions had been dumped into your lap, like how to earn a living, and why people fell in and out of love, and how long you could carry on smoking and then give up without getting lung cancer.”
― Mark Haddon, quote from A Spot of Bother
“The people can be forced to fear, but not to love.”
― Steve Berry, quote from The Romanov Prophecy
“My last penny! I think I'll squander it on myself. I never feel badly about spending money my dad has earned honestly! I can't decide whether I should buy a balloon or a gumball. A gumball would taste mighty good, but a balloon would be a lot more fun... I'll take a balloon! Sooner or later in life a person has to learn to make decisions! (Sees someone with a different color balloon) Gee, I wish I'd bought a RED balloon.”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 1: 1950-1952
“The simplest way to look at all these associations, between obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, and Alzheimer's (not to mention the other the conditions that also associate with obesity and diabetes, such as gout, asthma, and fatty liver disease), is that what makes us fat - the quality and quantity of carbohydrates we consume - also makes us sick.”
― quote from Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
“How solemn and beautiful is the thought, that the earliest pioneer of civilization, the van-leader of civilization, is never the steamboat, never the railroad, never the newspaper, never the Sabbath-school, never the missionary—but always whiskey! Such is the case. Look history over; you will see. The missionary comes after the whiskey—I mean he arrives after the whiskey has arrived; next comes the poor immigrant, with ax and hoe and rifle; next, the trader; next, the miscellaneous rush; next, the gambler, the desperado, the highwayman, and all their kindred in sin of both sexes; and next, the smart chap who has bought up an old grant that covers all the land; this brings the lawyer tribe; the vigilance committee brings the undertaker. All these interests bring the newspaper; the newspaper starts up politics and a railroad; all hands turn to and build a church and a jail—and”
― Mark Twain, quote from Life on the Mississippi
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