Every letter was a love letter.

There was nowhere I could go that wouldn't be you.

But maybe the Charm Bracelets understood more about life than I did. From an early age they knew what little value the world placed in books, and so didn't waste their time with them. Whereas I, even now, persist in believing that these black marks on white paper bear the greatest significance, that if I keep writing, I might be able to catch the rainbow of consciousness in a jar.

Sourmelina's secret (as Aunt Zo put it): 'Lina was one of those women they named the island after.

I have a good memory for early life. My visual memory is good about childhood and adolescence, and less good in the last 10 years. I could probably tell you less what happened in the last 10 years. I remember what houses looked like, sometimes they just pop into my head.

I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will.

Paris was a museum displaying exactly itself.