Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.

I comfort myself with the knowledge that if Duval ever feels smothered by me, it will be because I am holding a pillow over his face.

I blew that clay pigeon to smithereens. I don't know why Mum got so upset. According to Uncle Andrew she's a crack shot herself. But she says I'm too young. What I'd like to know is how old does a person have to be before they get to do all the fun stuff?

I am sorry,' he whispers. 'I am sorry I treated you so ill. I thought only to protect Duval.' 'It was not I who was poisoning him,' I say. 'No, but you had stolen his heart and I was afraid you would rip it from his chest when you left.

I am beginning to think that love itself is never wrong. It is what love can drive people to do that is the problem.

There is no shame in scars, Ismae.

It is a good thing I no longer have a heart, because if I did, it would surely break.