you can always find something you want.

I had gone to Oxford to read music. I had done music all my life, but when I got to college I didn't want to do it anymore.

Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone’s advice, then bother to listen to it.

Hi." "Hi." I shrug, as though to say "Whatever." In my peripheral vision I can see Magnus exhale. He looks a teeny bit nervous. "So." "So." I can play this game too. "Poppy." "Poppy. I mean, Magnus." I scowl. He caught me out.

Some things are best left a blur. Births and Visa Bills.

Everyone keeps saying I’ll pick it up. But what if I don’t? I did algebra for three years, and I never picked that up.

Honestly, shopping beats therapy, anytime. It costs the same and you get a dress out of it.