“But what if it's a trap?' she repeated.Joe gave her a hard stare.'Of course it's a fucking trap,' he said.”

“If you believe in light, it's because of the darkness. If you believe in the truth, it's because of their lies.If you believe in God, you must believe in the Devil.”

“.'If things get on top of you', my mum always used to say, 'have a good cry.'.”

“ You stand out more than Victoria Beckham would in the local Primark!”

“The new man was again staring at her, staring at him, challenging her, knowing that she was considering him, wanting her to know that he was considering her. She couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to be with a man who absolutely didn't need her, but merely wanted her.”

“He said you were frigid?” She nodded. “Oh, honey, that word should be stricken from every dictionary in existence. There is no such thing. Just men who don’t know what they’re doing.” He leaned toward her, kissed her throat, and said, “I’m not one of them.”

“I just sat there, staring out towards the darkness of the ocean and the starlight flashing off the crests of the waves and knew that we were all part of this bigger whole. That somehow I mattered in the course of things and a part of me would always have left its mark on this world.”