[He] didn’t like to think of himself as vain, but there were definitely times when he wished there was someone on hand to take his photograph.

You must do what you enjoy.

The future rose up ahead of her, a succession of empty days, each more daunting and unknowable than the one before her.

Welcome to the graveyard of ambition.

...and once again Dexter is struck by how easy conversation can be when no-one is in their right mind

Fear and anxiety are great motivators for me.

The early days of any relationship are punctuated with a series of firsts - first sight, first words, first laugh, first kiss, first nudity, etc., with these shared landmarks becoming more widely spaced and innocuous as days turn to years, until eventually you're left with first visit to a National Trust property or some such.