Where did this come from? Do you know what this is? Luca is going to sneak out of bed in the middle of the night and squirt it on his tongue. It's like drugs for ten-year-olds. Today it's Ice Magic. Tomorrow, heroin.

Don't let me outlive this woman. Don't let me exist one moment without her.

I'm sick and tired of you people living interstate and overseas from people you want to be with. You're ruining my life! All of you!

I wasn't there that day to get on the three forty-seven to Yass", he says. "I was there to throw myself in front of it.

Causing a riot is what I do best.

Do something that scares you everyday.

Tom’s aunt Georgie spoke to me first, and Tom found me through her. At the time, I didn’t actually think Tom was a big enough character to carry a story. If it had to be anyone from Saving Francesca, I thought, it would be Will Trombal or Tara. But the line in Francesca, ‘I want to be the first male in the Mackee family to reach 40 and still have a liver’ stuck with me, and in the end, Tom has been one of the biggest surprises. I’m glad I didn’t kick him out of my head.