A long time ago I learned not to explain things to people. It misleads them into thinking they're entitled to know everything I do. -Sara

...it was better to answer, no matter how ineptly, thank to withhold a reply. Because sometimes silence could wound someone nearly as badly as a bullet.

The way I was brought up ‘he needed killing’ is an airtight alibi.

I knew I would replay the scene countless times in the years before me, each time thinking of different things I should have said and done. But all I did was walk away without looking back.

Fencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds

Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.

Justine reached for a fresh tissue and clamped it to Lucy’s nose as if she was a child. “Friends are the support bras of life. We don’t let each other down. Right?