What she really loved was to hang over the edge and watch the bow of the ship slice through the waves. She loved it especially when the waves were high and the ship rose and fell, or when it was snowing and the flakes stung her face.

I push everyone I love away." He shrugged. "I don't mind you pushing me away if it means you love me, little sister.

I’m suspicious of the notion of a single book that would benefit everyone to read.

My life is an apology for the life of my father.

What man can hate or love well when he is drugged?

Men are daft around women, incautious and boastful.

If we're to be judged by our parents and grandparents, then we all may as well impale ourselves upon jagged bits of rock.