But we made our own fun, mostly. I recall a time, many years later, when American children seemed unable to amuse themselves without a fortune in electrical and electronic equipment. We had no fancy equipment and did not miss it.

I had one class in the morning, the mysteriously named "Further Maths". It was two hours long and so deeply frightening that I think I went into a trance.

Boo: "Go talk to her." Callum: "About what?" Boo: "Anything." Callum: "You want me to walk up to her and say, 'Are you a ghost?'" Boo: "I do that." Callum: "I love it when you get it wrong.

Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.

I am a mass of contradictions.

I knew it was beautiful, but knowing something is beautiful and caring about it are two very different things, and I didn't care.

You could wear the same outfit every single day and no guy - who isn't gay - will notice.