The Peacock Emporium Quotes
"Moyes has crafted a clear-eyed tale of self-discovery and the sacrifice required to live a life honestly in pursuit of the things you love." - Entertainment Weekly
"While the series may have started off as a romance, Jojo Moyes has turned Louisa Clark’s story into one about learning to be, and to love, yourself." - Bustle
"You sobbed through Me Before You. You sped through After You. And now, Lou is back in Still Me. Don’t miss this funny, romantic third installment." - HelloGiggles
"The genius of Moyes . . . is that she peers deftly into class issues, social mores, and complicated relationships that raise as many questions as they answer." - Bobbi Dumas, NPR.org
"A hilarious, heartbreaking, riveting novel. . . . I will stake my reputation on this book." - Anne Lamott, People
"Funny and moving but never predictable." - USA Today
"Moyes writes delicious plots, with characters so clearly imagined they leap off the pages in high-definition prose." - USA Today
"In her latest heart tugger, Jojo Moyes deftly weaves the story of newlyweds in WWI France with that of a young widow in today’s London." - Parade
"Hopelessly and hopefully romantic." - Chicago Tribune
"Athene shared his embryonic views that society was increasingly unimportant, that they could be pioneers, expressing themselves as they liked, doing what they liked, heedless of convention."
"You need to make money, don't you? Or is this shop your little hobby?" - Jessie to Suzanna.
"Just because something's not easy to hear, Lucy, doesn't mean it's harsh." - Douglas.
"We've each found a kindred spirit." - Mrs. Creek to Suzanna.
"If talking to people is really that painful..." - Jessie to Suzanna.
"I'm not one of those." - Suzanna, on not running her shop as a hobby.
"I'm sure they'd say the same, dear." - Mrs. Creek, on espresso.
"It's not the point." - Suzanna, on her family's estate inheritance.
"I just want an acknowledgment that I—that we—are as important as Ben." - Suzanna.
"I'm not ready yet, okay? I haven't done anything with my life, Neil." - Suzanna.
"I don’t think you should let it upstairs. I don’t know why we don’t put it in a kennel." - Douglas on the family dog.
"Sometimes I probably don’t consider how it looks to him… I give as good as I get, you know."
"You know I was going to finish things anyway. You’re not my type, after all."
"I thought you might see this as an opportunity for me."
"I don’t like passion, Suzanna. You like things neatly packaged."
"It’s easier to be a ghost. You can be romanticized, adored."
"I knew you’d be back for a second cup. Italians love their coffee, don’t they?"
"I've missed getting out and about since we lost the gym memberships. It'll be good to do something a bit active."
"You mustn't mind them. The City has made them sharp as knives."
"You never told us"—Jessie turned to Alejandro, leaning over the counter—"about your life before you came here."
"I didn’t mind them. I just didn’t think it was your kind of thing."
"I have seen her at the hospital. Sometimes I go down and pick the mothers up from outside A and E in a wheelchair."
"You’d think the cow had been through enough."
"You’re a good girl. I know that with the support of a man like yourself she can find a way to hurt herself a little less often."
"I don’t think you should just accept things the way they are and stop railing against them."
"I’m dealing with it, okay? Now, do me a favor, Suzanna, just leave it."
"It’s about families and relationships and history and injustice and—"
"I think you are a remarkable woman, Vivi Fairley-Hulme."
"These days they’re made of the same stuff as egg cartons."
"I’ll be volunteering my husband for the corset treatment before I do it myself."
"I think maybe you have to make a decision. It is very easy to let yourself be swallowed by your family, and by its history."
"It’s not as simple as making yourself not want something."
"Sometimes, you can do harm just by existing."
"Despite its unwelcoming exterior, the shop had become a focal point for those who had known Jessie."
"Arturro had positioned himself behind the counter, took charge of making the coffee, apparently trying to avoid direct conversation."
"By the end of the day Suzanna was exhausted."
"The chocolates, the ones that Liliane got so upset about... They were from us."
"The funeral was to be at St. Bede’s, the Catholic church on the west side of the square."
"But Father Lenny, gently, had told her of the strength of feeling in the little town."
"Father Lenny had said the service would be a celebration of Jessie’s life."
"Suzanna sat in front of her dressing-table, pulling her dark hair back into a severe knot."
"The familiar liturgy of dust to dust, ashes to ashes had ended."
"It was widely agreed that it was a dreadful funeral."
"Vivi squeezed Suzanna’s arm as she sat beside her daughter on the sofa."
"Rosemary placed her hands in her lap, then gazed around at the mute faces in front of her."
"Suzanna walked the entire perimeter of the forty-acre field."
"Suzanna laid her head on her knees, and breathed deeply, wondering at the sheer number of people in her life to whom she needed to say sorry."
"It is said, among the rare few who have returned from such a state, that the last few moments before drowning are quite pleasant."
"She loved Mars bar ice creams, bright pink, this shop, and her family, not in that order."
"Because she had not worn stockings, her ridiculous shoes were rubbing her heels."
"Oh, you know me, Douglas. Theater, the odd nightclub. Can’t keep me away from the old Smoke."
"She’ll be better off with him. You know that."
"I don’t know why I laughed so much. They said afterward that they had never known someone laugh like that in labor, not without the benefit of Entonox."
"I think it’s very hard to escape issues of class, especially in market towns where the house you live in or the family you come from often give away your background."
"It’s such a gift to know what really makes you happy."