"He smelt of the sun, as if it had seeped deep into his skin, and I found myself inhaling silently, as if he were something delicious."

--

Source : Jojo Moyes (2012). “Me Before You: A Novel”, p.314, Penguin

Jojo Moyes

#Skins Quotes #Sun Quotes #Found Quotes

“My day begins with gratitude and joy. I look forward with enthusiasm to the adventures of the day, knowing that in my life, All is good.”
“Newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But you will still go out of business over time. A newspaper is not a public trust - it has a business model that either works or it doesn't.”
“My 'work' is about seeing not about ideas.”
“I auditioned on my own. I tried to make a mark for myself without anybody's help, not even Mom's”
“The church is like any large corporation in one respect. In its early days, either the early church or the early years of Microsoft, you see all kinds of creativity, innovation, invention, people have nothing to lose, they're trying to find what works. Then you wake up and you're a vast enterprise, and it's very hard, when you have all kinds of buildings and structures and hierarchy and so on, to hang on to these very creative impulses that helped you get your great success in the first place. As a church we're going to have to figure a way out from under this.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“Man, Coach Brown, he's so relaxed. We've seen that guy dancing this week at practice and he's dancing in the locker room. It brings tears to guys' eyes and brings happiness to everybody.”
“We had a showing of Battlestar in LA last week. I walked out the door and there were 50 people. I signed a ton of autographs. Other actors walked away without signing. These are the fans. I guess it depends. on who you are.”
“I have been able to find out what I really really want to do myself, trying out ideas that I haven't been able to do before because you don't have to compromise when you work by yourself.”

Source : "Fever Ray". Interview with Marc Hogan, pitchfork.com. March 30, 2009.

You may also like:

Cecelia Ahern
Novelist
Emilia Clarke
Actress
John Green
Author
Jonas Jonasson
Journalist
Khaled Hosseini
Novelist
Nicholas Sparks
Novelist
Rachel Joyce
Author
Sam Claflin
Film actor
Thea Sharrock
Theatre Director