I rarely dislike people for things they can't change, they usually give me sufficient cause to dislike them for other reasons.

I never take advice, good or bad. That would only encourage more of it.

Yes, but you need to learn your maths." "I don't need to, really. I already know how to count to a hundred. And I'm sure I'll never need ore than a hundred of anything.

He was my confidant, the person who was always on my side even when he wasn't taking my side.

If only I could visit you as a foreigner goes into a new country, learn the language of you, wander past all borders into every private and secret place, I would stay forever. I would become a citizen of you.

Just you,' Hardy said when he got his breath back. 'All I want is you.

It's the perfect solution. We argue all the time. We can't stand each other. It's like we're already married.