Because photos are testimony that someone did live. A reminder of past we may have loved or hated. A piece of our lives.

It still amazes him how they could have been misled by her personality in Year Eleven. It's what depression does to a person, it changes them completely.

He came third in the state for woodwork,” Francesca explains. “We actually had to be proud of him for a whole week. Tough times.

One of Sir Topher's rules was to never indulge in sentimentality, never return for what was left behind.

And being that happy makes me feel guilty. Because I shouldn't be. Not while my mum is feeling the way she is. How I can dare to be happy is beyond me, and I hate my guts for it.

It's not that I like you least [...] it's that I feared you most. The reginita taught me to like you. There was a strange joy to her that lifted my spirits. But you, Quintana of Charyn, you made me love you.

Oh God, Frankie, I breathe in rhythm with that man. You think that's not my flesh and blood after all these years?