She doesn't believe in dogs," Bridget said. "Dogs are hardly an article of faith," Sylvie said.

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

Whatever happens to you, embrace it, the good and the bad equally. Death is just one more thing to be embraced.

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

Life wasn't about becoming, was it? It was about being.

In the end, it is my belief, words are the only things that can construct a world that makes sense.

Jennifer had never liked the pain of remembering what had happened, but for Theo it was the pain that kept Laura alive in his memory. He was afraid that if it ever began to heal she would disappear.