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If I don't cry while writing a key emotional scene, my gut feeling is it's failed.

Jojo Moyes

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Jojo Moyes
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 4
Journalist
Novelist
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Pauline Sara Jo Moyes
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I am conscious that knowing me has caused you pain, and grief, and I hope that one day when you are less angry with me and less upset you will see not just that I could only have done the thing that I did, but also that this will help you live a really good life, a better life, than if you hadn’t met me.
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