Time was a thief, he stole your life away from you and the only way you could get it back was to outwit him and snatch it right back.

You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best.

Feminism is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isnt it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldnt it?

I don't have goals when writing books, apart from getting to the end. I have rather vague ideas about how I want things to feel, I'm big on ambience. I have a title, a beginning and a probable ending and go from there.

Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person.

You can step in the same river but the water will always be new.

Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile of a reincarnated lama. 'Nonsense, Patricia,' I tell her as I climb on board my train. 'The past's what you take with you.