I think that's the function of a lot of psychiatrists and therapists, is keeping people afloat just long enough for them to get older.

I enjoy films where two characters are coming of age, just different ages. That's why I love 'Paper Moon' so much.

It's all in her walk, a cartoon swagger. Part Jayne Mansfield, part Muhammad Ali. Men never know if it's an invitation upstairs or an invitation outside.

No one ever loved you like him. And no one ever took it away so completely. But it's here. Look around.

But I saw the pain and sadness in everything, and swirled it round my mouth like a fine wine.

When you live with voices in your head, you are drawn inextricably to voices outside your head. Very often the voices work to confirm your worst suspicions. Or think of things you could never have imagined! There are only so many hours of the day to hate yourself.

I finally accept that not only do I not understand the death of my relationship, but I do not need to. These men were good and kind to me, they loved me and I loved them back and the shock at the finish holds no wisdom. The revelation is not that I lost them, but that I had them.