Never underestimate the value of knowing another's language. It can be far more powerful than swords and arrows.

Josie, life is not a Mills and Boon book. People fall out of love. People disappoint other people and they find it very hard to forgive.

A home to come back to every day of their lives. Where they would all belong or long to be. A place on the Jellicoe Road.

I never thought meeting you would be this boring. I thought we'd put our Italian emotion into gear and scream the place down. I never expected indifference.

A blind man can see what she feels for you and you for her. Your souls are not merely entwined; they are fused.

If something happened to me, whose face will be on the front page of the paper begging for me? Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them?

We look at each other for a moment and for once I feel awkward. It's not that I'm not into humility; I've just never had to practise it.