When God closes one door, He slams another in your face

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)

I loved being in my own head so much, it was getting harder and harder being with other people.

It was only when the salt water of my tears ran into my cuts and made them sting that I discovered I was crying.

Slasher Hathaway marks his territory by spending money. He might as well have pissed on her. It means nothing.

Medically speaking, there is no such thing as a nervous breakdown. Which is very annoying to discover when you're right in the middle of one.

My friend Kathy is the only person who'll be halfway honest with me. 'Did you ever see a cowboy film, where someone has been caught by the Indians and tied between two wild stallions, each pulling in opposite directions?' she asked.I nodded mutely.'That's a bit what giving birth is like.