“He thought astrology was a load of bosh! Didn't believe in stars and planets telling his fortune or anyone else's.”

“But remember this if nothing else: I love you more than there are words or stars. I love you more than there are thoughts and feelings. I love you more than there are seconds or moments gone or to come. I love you.”

“Jude's rule number five: Never get to close to anyone or anything that you can't walk away at a moment's notice if you have to.When you have to.”

“Five years off my life...I wondered with a wry smile, would people be immortal if they didn't have kids?”

“Why was it that when noughts committed criminal acts, the fact that they were noughts was always pointed out? The banker was a Cross. The newsreader didn't even mention it.”

“The news lies all the time. They tell us what they think we would want to hear.”

“That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them.”