He left Chainsaw behind, much to her irritation. Ronan didn't want her to learn any bad language.

Mum once told Dad that vices are only vices when looked at through the frame of society.

I don't trust the ocean, either; it would kill me as soon as not. It doesn't mean I'm afraid of it.

There are too many people on horseback today trying to prove themselves, trying to prepare, trying to get faster. They haven't discovered yet that it's not the fastest who make it to race day. You only have to be the fastest of those who are left.

It matters, like this: I belong to Malvern, you don't.

Nobody ever sees this part,” I said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s pretty.” “So it’s like track six on an album,” Cole said.

He didn't like to see either of the women in his family disappointed; it ruined perfectly good meals.