I chose to believe that God, a benign God, would understand our sufferings and forgive us our trespasses.

Sometimes when you get hammered till the small hours you feel pretty good in the morning, but really it's just because you're still a bit drunk. That old hangover is just toying with you, working out when to bite.

I realized I was afraid of living without him. How is it you have the right to destroy my life, I wanted to demand of him, but I’m not allowed a say in yours? But I had promised.

I thought, briefly, that I would never feel as intensely connected to the world, to another human being, as I did at that moment.

... if you're going to wear a dress like that you need to wear it with confidence. You need to fill it out mentally as well as physically.

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay.

I told him I loved him,” she said, her voice dropping to a whisper. “And he just said it wasn’t enough.” Her eyes were wide and bleak . “How am I supposed to live with that?