You're a Nought and I'm a Cross and there's nowhere for us to be, nowhere for us to go where we'd be left in peace...That's why I started crying. That's why I couldn't stop. For all the things we might've had and all the things we're never going to have.

Did you love Melanie?" asked Adam unexpectedly. There was no pause before I shook my head. "That's a shame," said Adam. "Why?" "Well, someone as special as your daughter should've been... made with love.

I wish... I wish he wasn't quite so ashamed of me. And if he could stop feeling so ashamed of himself, then maybe we might stand a chance.

The news lies all the time. They tell us what they think we would want to hear.

Five years off my life... I wondered with a wry smile, would people be immortal if they didn't have kids?

People are people. We'll always find a way to mess up, doesn't matter who's in charge.

He pulls the hood over my head. I try to pull back. I'm not trying to run away. I just want to see her... One last time.