“The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in repose. An unguarded moment, stripped of artifice, when one forgets to fool even oneself.”

“The world was an awfully large place and it wasn't easy to find a person who'd gone missing sixty years earlier, even if that person was oneself.”

“To be faced with danger and find oneself fearless was thrilling.”

“Better to lose oneself in action than to wither in despair.”

“...better to makes changes for oneself that try to mend holes torn by the decisions of others.”

“But there is a difference between enjoying someone's company, thinking them attractive, and finding oneself helplessly in love.”

“All very well for a dull sort of girl to hitch her wheel to a man's wagon, but consider yourself warned, men enjoy a bit of sport, and they all like to catch the brightest prize, but once they do? That's when the fun and games end. His games, her fun.”