“Her eyes always bothered me when we were kids. They still do. They make mine ache trying to see where they end.”

“I'm always looking for what will make me whole. What will make me happy? Somewhere along the way I started to think it wasn't Helen anymore. She hasn't changed. Her laugh is still the one I remember. Her finger is still the one I put the ring on all those years ago. I can't understand why I don't want to curve next to her, keep her back warm anymore. Surely you don't lose love like keys?”

“It isn't the smallness of this place that bothers me. It's the grey that's worked its way into the walls. It's the stains on the carpet from some other life that came and left before ours. Bert always said he'd give me a good deal on paint but some places take burning down and rebuilding to make them shiny."-Ed, page 10”

“I'm eclectic,' she said to the HDs once and I could see them trying to work out where she plugged in.”

“The End of HerShe’s sitting on the hillHoping for a dayWhen her dreams don’t hit the roadShe’s throwing rocks and yellingAt the sky and at the weatherShe’s yelling at foreverThat’s been breathing on her neckShe can’t start with him againHe’s got the end of herHe can’t give her oceanAnd he can’t give her herHe’s staring where she satIt’s the plastic that reminds himOf something that they hadHe says, “I’d give up sex foreverIf she’d say we’re back together”But he’s making promises he knowsIt’d kill them both to keepShe can’t start with him againHe’s got the end of herHe can’t give her oceanAnd he can’t give her her”

“So I saw Beth today. She asked me how you were doing. Sounded like she wants you back.""We were over months ago.""You mind if I ask her out, then?""You mind if I spray a piece on the side of your gran's house?”

“Tell me about the sharks, Rosie," Dave said, trying to cheer me up. "Well, you can't tell how dangerous they are from their size. That's all wrong. The big ones don't always feed on meat." "How do you tell a dangerous one?" he asked. "Their teeth." "So what, you ask them to smile?" "If you're stupid enough to come close and see them smile," I said, thinking of Luke, "then you deserve everything you get.”