“It's strange how sometimes you can be so happy it goes all the way round to sadness.”

“A bully can only make you feel bad about yourself if you let them.”

“I think all those rules are boring. About what people can and can't wear. Surely everyone should be able to wear whatever they like?”

“He seemed lonely too, not just alone, but lonely in his soul. That made Chloe sad. She knew full well what it was like to feel lonely. Chloe didn't like school very much. Mother had insisted on sending her to a posh all-girls secondary school, and she hadn't made any friends there. Chloe didn't like being at home much either. Wherever she was she had the feeling that she didn't quite fit in.”

“No more watching that show Small England or whatever it's called where those two idiots dress up as 'laydees'. It's a bad influence.”

“Spending so much time alone had turned Chloe's imagination into a deep dark forest. It was a magical place to escape to, and so much more thrilling than real life.”

“It was a long, long time since anyone had hugged him, so he hugged himself.”