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

Become such as you are, having learned what that is.

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.

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.

Some people spend their whole lives looking for themselves, yet our self is the one thing we surely cannot lose (how like a cheap philosopher I am become, staying in this benighted place). From the moment we are conceived it is the pattern in our blood and our bones are printed through with it like sticks of seaside rock. Nora, on the other hand, says that she’s surprised anyone knows who they are, considering that every cell and molecule in our bodies has been replaced many times over since we were born.

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

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