When death captures me,' the boy vowed, 'he will feel my fist on his face.' Personally, I quite like that. Such stupid gallantry. Yes. I like that a lot.

I walked home, seeing all my doubt from the other side. Have you ever seen that? Like when you go on holiday. On the way back, everything is the same but it looks a little different than it did on the way. It's because you're seeing it backwards.

It’s all very well for such a person to whine and moan and criticize other family members, but they won’t let anyone else do it. That’s when you get your back up and show loyalty.

It's not the place, I think. It's the people. We'd have all been the same anywhere else.

Have faith, Ed, all right?' I search the coffee mug, but there's none in there.

I s'pose, I can't have it all my own way, can I? You can't drown in a person unless they let you.

She was one if the few souls that made me wonder what's it to live.