“When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news.”

“I don't know what I'd do without you. There's no one else to look after me. And it's not just that. I sometimes think you're the only person who really knows me. I only feel normal when I'm with you.”

“You're never too young to die.”

“We're meant to be friends but you never tell me anything.”

“Smiling back at her, it occurs to me that I've never met a mean librarian.”

“I love to kill fish,' Sayle went on. 'But when I saw this specimen of Physalia physalis, I knew I had to capture it and keep it. You see, it reminds me of myself.''It's ninety-nine per cent water. It has no brain, no guts and no anus.' Alex had dredged up the facts from somewhere and spoken them before he knew what he was doing.”

“It's funny how things work out sometimes.”