Her cupboards are crammed with Cappuccino mix. No one needs Cappuccino mix. It’s not diginified. She watched ‘Super Size Me’ and went straight to McDonald’s. She did the Atkins Diet, “but with potatoes.

When you’re right there in the crisi, you’ll do anything to make yourself feel better, distract yourself from the misery, deny reality, not matter how stupid.

Come on, Lizbet, that man adores you, he worships your body with his eyes.

But at least if you hint and are rejected, the rejection is blurable rather than blistering. Whereas if you ask outright and are refused, the humiliation is as stark as a streaker on a football.

Curiosity was a mild irritant, but nothing in the face of fear like this. By doing nothing, I determined that nothing would change, and it didn’t. People moan about being in limbo, but actually, I found limbo the safest place to be.

Jack had the power to make my heart fly. He also had the power to shoot it out of the sky. Because, let’s not forget, love isn’t just about the flying.

You can hate a person with your whole body, but love is a stubborn thing, it clings on in your heart.

People who don’t get excited about receiving gifts are tired of life.

If you’re happy inside you don’t have to convince everyone else.

Grief is a private, internal thing. No one can say their pain is worse than yours because they don't know. So maybe it's not good to compare. Maybe it's better to talk to people who know you.