No stories or explanations,' Finnikin had once told him. 'When it comes to women, straight into an apology and you will find the rest of your life bearable.

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

The next night he asked Jonah if he could take $9.49 out of Jonah's secret stash that only Danny and his mum and Jack knew about. Jonah kept it in his sock drawer next to a photograph of Jonah and a girl with sad eyes, taken in one of those railway station photo booths.

To have somone hold you could be the greatest medicine of all.

She was the most beautiful woman in the world. If she was alive I'd probably be a better person.

I look around for the counter that sells my scent, but I'm so petrified that if I spray it in the air, nothing will come out. And then Mia's scent seems to fade away and everything else fades away with it and I know that all I have to do to recapture it is press the spray button again.

I'm scared to die," I whispered as Michael walked in. "He was scared to live," he said kissing my forehead.