Why is everything an 'adventure' with you?" Sylvie said irritably to Izzie." "Because life is an adventure, of course." "I would say it was more of an endurance race," Sylvie said. "Or an obstacle course.

She was a terrible mother, there was no doubt about it, but she didn't even have the strength to feel guilty.

If people believed in eternal damnation they might not be seizing the day quite so much.

The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.

They said love made you strong, but in Louise's opinion it made you weak. It corkscrewed into your heart and you couldn't get it out again, not without ripping your heart to pieces.

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.

Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.