Quotes from The Horse Dancer

Jojo Moyes ·  518 pages

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“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


About the author

Jojo Moyes
Born place: in London, England, The United Kingdom
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