“Be reasonable? Fuck you. How’s that for calm and reasonable?”

“Well, I can feel superior for my good deed.” I flashed him a smile. “How’s that for a selfish reason?”

“He'd seen her not really recognising him, not really, when it came down to it, caring who he was. It was disgusting, that pain could do that. What was the point of it, except to shame and disgust everyone? To make a mockery of love? If that was God then fuck God, whether there was a reason for it or not. If there was a reason then fuck the reason. No kind of reason he was interested in any more.”

“You're going to need a better reason this time. A real reason. And just to be clear, I don't give a fuck what it is because I am not going to let you go. Period.”

“If things happen for a reason, I was meant to get fucked over.”

“.. she believed a great happiness awaited her somewhere, and for this reason she remained calm as the days flew by.”