Ask any comedian, tennis player, chef. Timing is everything.

I didn't seem to have that effect on anyone but it would have been a waste for both of us to be saints.

This was what happiness felt like - this wondrous, miraculous alternative to dread.

It's a strange sensation to live inside another person's life, to wonder all the time what he is doing, or thinking or feeling.

The soldier had stamped my passport FAMILY in heavy black capital letters and I checked it now for reassurance and because I liked how fierce the word looked

I, a late riser, fantasise about getting up every morning at 5 A.M. to fetch the horses in from the fields.

It might go down better than appearing as a giant reptile encased in a ball of fire and forcing yourself on her.' 'WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BRING THAT UP?