I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get

Liam really enjoyed a good movie. He found it restful to watch people's conversations without being expected to join in. But he always felt sort of lonesome if he didn't have someone next to him to nudge in the ribs at the good parts.

It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work.

How plotless real life was!

For me, writing something down was the only road out...I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive. When I ran out of books I made up my own. At night, when I couldn't sleep, I made up stories in the dark.

I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.

It is not how much you love someone, but who you are when you are with him.