I applied for the University of Life. Didn't get the grades.

Envy was just the tax you paid on success.

You can't throw away years of your life because it makes a funny anecdote.

Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you

you feel a little bit lost right now about what to do with your life, a bit rudderless and oarless and aimless but that's okay that's alright because we're all meant to be like that at twenty-four.

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.

He could feel her laughter against his chest, and at that moment he thought that there was no better feeling than making Emma Morley laugh.