“It's not about blood,"says Lucius. "It's about who you shareyour life with.Where you feelyou really belong.”

“I walk the city, through its crush of people and its smells:body odour, rotting food, vomit and urine. A cocktail of oppression and freedom.”

“Strange, isn't it?" he asks."Where life takes you and how much can change.”

“It's nice to think that picking uncertain paths may not necessarily alter their destination too drastically, simply the journey undertaken to reach it.”

“The true test is wonwhen being togetherwithout saying a wordis everything.”

“The telly is invadedby hallelujah channelsand informercials,both trying to selleverything neededto save you.”

“Stella scribbledin thick black textaacross half the pagesof my best storybook,filled with people who venturedwhere their hearts took them.Beautiful worlds beyond mine.”