Happyish. Well, happyish isn't so bad.' 'It's the most we can hope for.

You know what i can't understand? You have all these people telling you all the time how great you are, smart and funny and talented and all that, i mean endlessly, i've been telling you for years. So why don't you believe it? why do you think people say that stuff, Em? Do you think it's a conspiracy, people secretly ganging up to be nice about you?

For some time now she has had the conviction that life is about to change if only because it must. . . .

I would never complain about One Day taking off but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time.

I tell you what it is. It's...when I didn't see you, I thought about you every day, I mean every day in some way or another -" "Same here -" "- even if it was just 'I wish Dexter could see this' or 'where's Dexter now?' or 'Christ, that Dexter, what an idiot', you know what I mean, and seeing you today, well, I thought I'd got you back - my best friend. And now all this, the wedding, the baby - I'm so happy for you, Dex. But it feels like I've lost you again.

I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that.

Dont run before you can walk