Love is blind, there was no doubt about it. In Tara's case it was also deaf, dumb, dyslexic, had a bad hip and the beginnings of Alzheimer's

Minsk! How pissed-off that sounded! It was great. You could scare the bejayzus out of someone if you said it right.

The feel of them (books) and the smell of them. A bookshop was like an Aladdin's cave for me. Entire worlds and lives can be found just behind that glossy cover. All you had to do was look." Claire (Watermelon)

The old Chinese proverb springs to mind - No pain, no gain.

Although will never love anyone again, don't want to become bitter. Or creative.

I never wear flats. My shoes are so high that sometimes when I step out of them, people look around in confusion and ask, "Where'd she go?" and I have to say, "I'm down here.

I'd rather eat nothing than eat a carrot.