Sheltering Rain Quotes

“I never really cared what anyone thought of me until he came along, ” she said. “And now, I can’t believe it’s me he’s chosen. Every morning I wake up and thank God that he did. Every night I go to bed praying that time will go that much faster so that I can be with him again. I think all the time about what he’s doing , who he’s talking to. Not in a jealous way , or anything. I just want to be closer to him, and if I can imagine what he’s doing, then that helps.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“I've just learned not to get wound up about things I can't change.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“Someone who had lost a child, according to village wisdom, should be allowed to grieve in whichever way she chose; the awfulness was so unimaginable that unlike other life events—weddings, christenings, disappearing spouses—no one felt qualified to suggest a right or wrong way of dealing with”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“We spend our whole lives trying to get men to talk, she thought. And then when they do we wish we were a million miles away.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“Of course we’re not happy all the time. No couple is happy all the time, and if anyone tells you they are, she’s bloody lying. But you know that.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“And she deserved it, didn’t she? She had told herself, desperately trying to rationalize the hurt she was about to cause.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“It's pretty hard, feeling like you get everything wrong in the eyes of those you love.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“No había tenido que renunciar a sus sueños: tan solo estaba empezando a permitirse tenerlos.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“Es más de lo que ya podía pedir. Más de lo que jamás había confiado encontrar. No me imagino compartiendo la vida con nadie más que con él.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“Solo quería verle, sentir la fuerza de sus abrazos, ver brillar su cara como el sol encima de ella.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“Claro que no somos felices todo el tiempo. Ninguna pareja lo es, y si alguien te dice que si, miente como un bellaco. Pero eso tú ya lo sabes.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“Ella no tenía el don de hacer que la gente se sintiera a gusto enseguida. En general, ella misma se sentía a disgusto frente a los demás.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“The only light came from the windows of those houses she passed that had open curtains, revealing little tableaux of family life: the young couple prostrate on a sofa in front of the television, their small child playing on the floor; the solitary old lady reading the paper; the table set for tea, while an unwatched television cast an aurora borealis of moving shadows in the corner.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“And she deserved it, didn’t she? She had told herself, desperately trying to rationalize the hurt she was about to cause. She was allowed another chance? Why should she have to give up on romantic love at the age of thirty-five?”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain

“He was gazing right into her eyes, as he said this, seemingly imparting something of the impossibility of connections when one is always on the move.”
― Jojo Moyes, Sheltering Rain