She's gone. Been gone for ages. They split up right after you left. That's why the grass out front started growing again." "He's got a new girlfriend?" she said quietly. "Thank god. You must be happy." "Yeah. He does. It's a relief. She's a lot nicer. But then, your average angry snake is nicer than Fiona. I'm sure she's happier wherever she is now, burning orphans or whatever she does with her time.

A woman who shaves or otherwise depilates her pubic curls has a profound interest in recreational sex.

I sleep better knowing that a naked cork-eater is not sneaking around at night, stealing my underwear.

i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas.

Lecturing Brooks was as useful as lecturing a cat.

She looks like a jumper to me. Jumpers do that a lot, stand on the edge and stare out. Never kill yourself in a Tube station. Tip number one. You might end up down here forever, staring at the wall." Stephen coughed a little. "Just giving advice," Callum said.

New start or not, there was a line to be drawn, and that line was singing musicals to yourself as serious psychological motivation.