Jude's fourth law: Caring equals vulnerability. Never show either.
Boys don't cry, but men do.
Dear God, please let him have heard me. Please. Please. If you're up there. Somewhere.
Never, ever allow yourself to feel. Feelings kill.
Why was it that when noughts committed criminal acts, the fact that they were noughts was always pointed out? The banker was a Cross. The newsreader didn't even mention it.
Mrs Bawden yanked me away from the table and dragged me across the food hall. I tried to twist away from her, but she had a grip like a python on steroids.