I really don't know what "I love you" means. I think it means "Don't leave me here alone.

Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them.

She didn't have a daddy?" I asked. "No." "Did you have a daddy?" "You're all questions, aren't you? No, love. We never went in for that sort of thing. You only need men if you want to breed more men.

You know how is it when you love someone? And the hard part, the bad part, the Jerry Springer Show part is that you never stop loving someone. There's always a piece of them in your heart.

I think if you decide that any book is about Only One Thing you're probably wrong. Even if that thing is in there.

Dahling, when God put teeth in your mouth, he ruined a perfectly good arsehole.

I knew enough about adults to know that if did tell them what had happened, I would not be believed. Adults rarely seemed to believe me when I told the truth anyway.