“A good first impression can work wonders”

“This was their first encounter with the fact that a full stomach meant good spirits; an empty one, bickering and gloom.”

“Tessa fought down an impulse to snap. Colin had a habit of making sweeping judgements based on first impressions, on single actions. He never seemed to grasp the immense mutability of human nature, nor to appreciate that behind every nondescript face lay a wild and unique hinterland like his own.”

“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”

“Yeah you can have a word," said Harry savagely. "Good-bye.”

“Neither can live while the other survives, and one of us is about to leave for good...”

“Harry had the impression that even the barman was listening in. He was wiping the same glass with the filthy rag; it was becoming steadily dirtier.”