“The outward manifestations of an inner combustion are never very directed.”

“She was the spare room that never got tidied, the e-mail that never got answered, the loan that never got repaid, the symptom that never got described to a doctor.”

“I'm very good at the past. It's the present I can't understand.”

“Seeing as he wasn’t very bright, I was pretty sure that he was going to be good at fighting.”

“In other words, it is impossible: we cannot function properly, and the evening ends in confusion and awkwardness, and very early.”

“I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway.”

“I guess I should have forgotten about it ages ago, but forgetting isn't something I'm very good at.”