The world seems so clean if you only looked up.

Fate,' I said, 'Is a theif.

I don’t have too many books, I have too little shelving.

None of the wives mention the security guards by the door, who will probably tackle us to the ground if we try to leave without our husbands.

I'm suddenly finding it hard to know the difference between nightmares and consciousness.

She smiles at our husband as she moves, and he blushes, overcome by her beauty. But I know what her smile really means...Her smile is her revenge.

I can almost see what Gabriel meant when he asked, 'What has the free world got that you can’t get here?' Almost. Freedom, Gabriel. That’s what you can’t get here.