“If you are lucky enough to find somewhere you want to be, then you should be there.”

“I thought how money was like food. The smell, the way it came in portions, how badly you needed it. How hungry you got for it, that acidic longing which burned and sickened in your stomach. Firm muscular control was needed over food and money. Money could kill you, wanting and needing it and fighting its power.”

“Her words were like tinfoil; they shone and they covered things up.”

“Done any more robberies?" he asked with a nervous grin.You look a right berk," I told him, ignoring his question. I'd learnt from Tam that cruelty was an effective method against sadness. I'd cried much less since I'd known her.”

“This is delicious,” she said, when she finally recovered enough to speak. Jack was watching her in a curious manner. “You could have ’em every morning if you want.”

“If you should find yourself in a place that is indifferent to you and there is someone there that your spirit stretches to, then that person is kin.”

“Dreams shouldn't be about what you can buy--they should be about what mark you leave in the world.”