I'd tried enough to know that anything long term wasn't going to work.

what you don't know, you don't miss

Somewhere along the way, without me even noticing, I grew up Alex. For once, I couldn’t take advice from anyone around me about what I should or shouldn’t do. I couldn’t go running to mum and dad and I can’t compare my marriage to anybody else’s, we all follow our own rules.

I'm most happy when I am writing at night, because I need space and time to write.

Everything in life has a place, and when one thing moves, it must go somewhere else.

I just need to do something new.... I've got the big remote control of life in my hands, and I'm ready to start pushing some buttons.

She wanted to be irresponsible, she wanted to be looked after, to be told that she didn't have to worry about a thing and that someone else would take care of everything. How easy life would be without having grown-up problems to worry about. And then she could grow up all over again.