“My brother said that at Eton, students were told caning builds character. I suppose girls are caned less because we aren't thought to have much character.""Which is the sort of thing males say when they don't know any women.”

“Worry is throwing good shillings at trouble that hasn't happened yet.”

“True leadership is often the mantle of the meek, who are rarely are prepared for such responsibility; which builds character in those who embrace it.”

“I laugh with them because it is one of the worst things to be in a room full of people and not laughting when everybody else is.”

“But why, she thought wryly, did a man seem more attractive as he became less available? How humbling to think one had so much in common with a cow stretching its neck through a gate for better grass.”

“Yes, I call my scooter Jessie, and I don't think that's weird in the slightest."(...) "Doesn't your truck have a name ?" she asked Blake with mock surprise."Sure. Toyota...”

“I don’t want to tell you everything. Actually, I’m not sure I can remember everything. I spent a fair bit of time repressing some of those thoughts, and I don’t really have a huge amount of time for that psychobabble crap: a few things really are better left off where they are.”