“All these years I'd thought being a spy was challenging. Turns out, being a girl is the tricky part.”

“Being a single parent on a part-time basis is tricky to navigate. That is what a racing widow has to do.”

“If I was feeling like a challenge, I'd kick out the plug, turn the taps on and see if I could maintain the exact water level. It was a bit like balancing the clutch in an old Mini Metro. Although tricky at first, by the time I checked out I could find the bath's biting point within three minutes. Satisfying? Just bit.”

“Oh! Polly thought. Why aren't all girls locked up by law the year they turn fifteen? They do such stupid things!”

“Uh, yeah, I do. The scythe was a little tricky at first, but—much like golf—turns out it’s all in the swing.”

“When I was four I thought everything in TV was just TV, then I was five and Ma unlied about lots of it being pictures of real and Outside being totally real. Now I’m in Outside but it turns out lots of it isn’t real at all.”