I had no plans to be a writer. My teenaged bid for stardom was to be a pop star... which, ahem, didn't exactly work out.

Have you ever thought about the grid of Manhattan?' It's like...a metaphor for life. You think you have the freedom to walk anywhere. But in fact... you are strictly controlled. Up or down. Left or right. Nothing in between. No other options.' Life should be like an open space...you should be able to walk in whatever direction you choose.

It's just the way things are. And you can't dwell on what might have been. You have to look at what is.

I'm lying. I don't just need someone like you. I need you.

Our eyes met in the math class. How were we to know that trigonometry would lead to matrimony?

I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.

I once tried to give him a friendly little "drugs chat". He politely corrected me on every single fact, then said he'd noticed I drank above the recommended guidelines of Red Bull and did I think I might have an addiction? That was the last time I tried to act like the older sister.