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Rachel Joyce Quotes

I have written stories since I was a child Picture Quote #1

Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself Picture Quote #1

But it never ceases to amaze me how difficult the things that are supposed to be instinctive really are Picture Quote #1

I went to see Dad in hospital after he had gone through one particularly grueling operation. I walked into the room where he was recovering, and he was sitting up in a chair, wearing his shirt and tie. That was after eight hours of surgery. I found that so moving Picture Quote #1

Perfect’ is about a set-up that looks perfect from the outside - beautiful country house, beautiful wife and mother, everything where it should be - and the deep fissures that, in fact, lie beneath that. ‘Perfect’ was partly a response to the shock of my first book, ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry,’ being a success Picture Quote #1

I think of myself as a very ordinary person. I like writing about the juxtaposition between people: the beauty of them at times and then the banal, everyday context in which we find ourselves Picture Quote #1

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My father died in France, and my sisters and I went over with my mum to bring back his body. I remember going to the funeral parlour in France and being given a laminated menu of coffins, and thinking, surely there is an ice cream at the back of here! Picture Quote #1

I find that very appealing: the blurring of the lines between what’s funny and what’s tragic. And what’s ordinary and what’s not - the big things in the small things Picture Quote #1

Before I gave birth to Hope, I had a miscarriage. The pain was so enormous, I had to write myself out of it. I kept a diary and did not feel entirely complete until Hope was born Picture Quote #1

We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don’t fit in with the norm. ‘Harold Fry’ is about a broken marriage; ‘Perfect’ is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it Picture Quote #1

My father had spent years fighting cancer of the head and neck. He had numerous operations, and he was reduced and reduced and reduced. By the end, he had a growth so big under his eye that it hurt to look at him Picture Quote #1

The past was the past; there was no escaping your beginnings Picture Quote #1

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The least planned part of the journey, however, was the journey itself Picture Quote #1

It was not a life, if lived without love Picture Quote #1

Beginnings could happen more than once, or in different ways Picture Quote #1

After the two drinks, she felt warm inside, and slightly indistinct at the edges Picture Quote #1

Beginnings could happen more than once or in different ways. You could think you were starting something afresh, when actually what you were doing was carrying on as before. He had faced his shortcomings and overcome them and so the real business of walking was happening only now Picture Quote #1

But maybe it’s what the world needs. A little less sense, and a little more faith Picture Quote #1

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If we can’t accept what we don’t know, there really is no hope Picture Quote #1

... People would make the decisions they wished to make and some of them would hurt both themselves and those who loved them, and some would pass unnoticed, while others would bring joy Picture Quote #1

Harold could no longer pass a stranger without acknowledging the truth that everyone was the same, and also unique; and that this was the dilemma of being human Picture Quote #1

The world was made up of people putting one foot in front of the other; and a life might appear ordinary simply because the person living it had been doing so for a long time Picture Quote #1

You could be ordinary and attempt something extraordinary, without being able to explain it in a logical way Picture Quote #1

There is so much to the human mind we don’t understand. But, you see, if you have faith, you can do anything Picture Quote #1

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He must have driven this way countless times, and yet he had no memory of the scenery. He must have been so caught up in the day’s agenda, and arriving punctually at their destination, that the land beyond the car had been no more than a wash of one green, and a backdrop of one hill. Life was very different when you walked through it Picture Quote #1

He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was his journey to accept the strangeness of others. As a passerby, he was in a place where everything, not only the land, was open. People would feel free to talk, and he was free to listen. To carry a little of them as he went Picture Quote #1

I miss her all the time. I know in my head that she has gone. the only difference is that I am getting used to the pain. It’s like discovering a great hole in the ground. To begin with, you forget it’s there and keep falling in. After a while, it’s still there, but you learn to walk round it Picture Quote #1

I’ve begun to think that we sit far more than we’re supposed to... Why else would we have feet? Picture Quote #1

He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was also his journey to accept the strangeness of others Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I have written stories since I was a child (Rachel Joyce Quotes) Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself. (Rachel Joyce Quotes) But it never ceases to amaze me how difficult the things that are supposed to be instinctive really are (Rachel Joyce Quotes) I went to see Dad in hospital after he had gone through one particularly grueling operation. I walked into the room where he was recovering, and he was sitting up in a chair, wearing his shirt and tie. That was after eight hours of surgery. I found that so moving. (Rachel Joyce Quotes) Perfect’ is about a set-up that looks perfect from the outside - beautiful country house, beautiful wife and mother, everything where it should be - and the deep fissures that, in fact, lie beneath that. ‘Perfect’ was partly a response to the shock of my first book, ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry,’ being a success. (Rachel Joyce Quotes) I think of myself as a very ordinary person. I like writing about the juxtaposition between people: the beauty of them at times and then the banal, everyday context in which we find ourselves. (Rachel Joyce Quotes) My father died in France, and my sisters and I went over with my mum to bring back his body. I remember going to the funeral parlour in France and being given a laminated menu of coffins, and thinking, surely there is an ice cream at the back of here! (Rachel Joyce Quotes) I find that very appealing: the blurring of the lines between what’s funny and what’s tragic. And what’s ordinary and what’s not - the big things in the small things. (Rachel Joyce Quotes) Before I gave birth to Hope, I had a miscarriage. The pain was so enormous, I had to write myself out of it. I kept a diary and did not feel entirely complete until Hope was born. (Rachel Joyce Quotes) We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don’t fit in with the norm. ‘Harold Fry’ is about a broken marriage; ‘Perfect’ is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it. (Rachel Joyce Quotes) My father had spent years fighting cancer of the head and neck. He had numerous operations, and he was reduced and reduced and reduced. By the end, he had a growth so big under his eye that it hurt to look at him. (Rachel Joyce Quotes) The past was the past; there was no escaping your beginnings (Rachel Joyce Quotes) The least planned part of the journey, however, was the journey itself (Rachel Joyce Quotes) It was not a life, if lived without love (Rachel Joyce Quotes) Beginnings could happen more than once, or in different ways (Rachel Joyce Quotes) After the two drinks, she felt warm inside, and slightly indistinct at the edges (Rachel Joyce Quotes) Beginnings could happen more than once or in different ways. You could think you were starting something afresh, when actually what you were doing was carrying on as before. He had faced his shortcomings and overcome them and so the real business of walking was happening only now (Rachel Joyce Quotes) But maybe it’s what the world needs. A little less sense, and a little more faith (Rachel Joyce Quotes) If we can’t accept what we don’t know, there really is no hope (Rachel Joyce Quotes) ... People would make the decisions they wished to make and some of them would hurt both themselves and those who loved them, and some would pass unnoticed, while others would bring joy (Rachel Joyce Quotes) Harold could no longer pass a stranger without acknowledging the truth that everyone was the same, and also unique; and that this was the dilemma of being human (Rachel Joyce Quotes) The world was made up of people putting one foot in front of the other; and a life might appear ordinary simply because the person living it had been doing so for a long time (Rachel Joyce Quotes) You could be ordinary and attempt something extraordinary, without being able to explain it in a logical way (Rachel Joyce Quotes) There is so much to the human mind we don’t understand. But, you see, if you have faith, you can do anything (Rachel Joyce Quotes) He must have driven this way countless times, and yet he had no memory of the scenery. He must have been so caught up in the day’s agenda, and arriving punctually at their destination, that the land beyond the car had been no more than a wash of one green, and a backdrop of one hill. Life was very different when you walked through it (Rachel Joyce Quotes) He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was his journey to accept the strangeness of others. As a passerby, he was in a place where everything, not only the land, was open. People would feel free to talk, and he was free to listen. To carry a little of them as he went (Rachel Joyce Quotes) I miss her all the time. I know in my head that she has gone. the only difference is that I am getting used to the pain. It’s like discovering a great hole in the ground. To begin with, you forget it’s there and keep falling in. After a while, it’s still there, but you learn to walk round it (Rachel Joyce Quotes) I’ve begun to think that we sit far more than we’re supposed to... Why else would we have feet? (Rachel Joyce Quotes) He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was also his journey to accept the strangeness of others (Rachel Joyce Quotes) 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 (Rachel Joyce Quotes)

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