Quotations from the book

Me Before You

Jojo Moyes

You're going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. It always does feel strange to be knocked out of your comfort zone.

—Jojo Moyes in Me Before You

You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.

—Jojo Moyes in Me Before You

I thought, briefly, that I would never feel as intensely connected to the world, to another human being, as I did at that moment.

—Jojo Moyes in Me Before You

She looked a bit like a different person. It was weird. Just a few weeks away from home could rub the familiarity right off of someone.

—Jojo Moyes in Me Before You

I hadn't realized that music could unlock things in you, could transport you to somewhere even the composer hadn't predicted. It left an imprint in the air around you, as if you carried its remnants with you when you went.

—Jojo Moyes in Me Before You

The thing about being catapulted into a whole new life—or at least, shoved up so hard against someone else's life that you might as well have your face pressed against their window—is that it forces you to rethink your idea of who you are. Or how you might seem to other people.

—Jojo Moyes in Me Before You

Live boldly. Push yourself. Don't settle.

—Jojo Moyes in Me Before You

About Jojo Moyes

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Pauline Sara Jo Moyes (born 4 August 1969), known professionally as Jojo Moyes, is an English journalist and, since 2002, an award-winning romance novelist, number-one New York Times best selling author and screenwriter. She is one of only a few authors to have twice won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association and her works have been translated into twenty-eight languages and have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.

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