She shouldn't speak her thoughts; nothing good ever came of speaking your thoughts.

Time to tidy up your life. Time to start again.

Everything was fine, and she had the rare, new sensation of being exactly where she wanted to be.

[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.

These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger that he will plunge through.

I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.

I identified with Pip from 'Great Expectations,' especially when I was younger; I had the same kind of gaucheness and uncertainty.