“Why do people complain when your crabby but the moment there crabby you tell them to stop moaning they moan so fuckin unreal”

“It was like wanting ice cream instead of meat loaf, and being told that children in refugee camps would be grateful for the meat loaf. Yes, of course she had nothing to complain about, compared to so many people, but when had that ever stopped anyone from complaining? Happiness was a balloon that always hovered just out of arm's reach.”

“If you don't want your children to hear what you're saying, pretend you're talking to them.”

“The crabby little girls of today are the crabby old women of tomorrow!”

“I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.”

“You could call me lover, sexy, or mate, but Adam will do for now.”

“Love, at its best, wipes commonsenseAway. Much as drops will condenseFrom hidden liquid in the air, So, too, do lovers soon compareTheir temp’ratures til, happily,Their judgement fogs up suddenly.”