“Todd added bourbons to the custards creams on the plate, arranging them in two neat yellow and brown rows, his annoyance expressed through the symmetry of biscuits.”

“Mum handed me back my engagement ring and I slipped it on. I found the weight of it around my finger comforting, as it Todd was holding my hand.”

“„Ali bilo mi je žao. Još uvijek mi je. Bilo mi je žao što sam propustila zapaziti kako sam samo ja na sigurnoj zaobilaznici, dok je on u toj vezi bio sam i izložen. Ponovno sam bila sebična i okrutna prema nekome za koga sam se trebala pobrinuti.Prije tvoje smrti mislila sam kako je naša veza zrela i razumna. Ali s moje strane, bila je kukavička, pasivna opcija potaknuta više mojom nesigurnošću negoli onim što je Todd zasluživao... aktivnim izborom kojemu je poticaj bila ljubav.”

“A selfish person can still love someone else, can't they? Even when they've hurt them and let them down.”

“As I waited, I flicked through a magazine in a futile bid to look occupied. It had the next month's date on the cover and I remembered you laughing at time-traveling fashion mags, saying the date on the cover should alert people to their absurdity inside.”

“I'm a sliver-thin light, diamond sharp, that can slip through gaps in the world we know. I will come into your dreams and speak soft words when you think of me. There is no happy ever after - but there is an afterwards.This isn't our ending.”

“You were right. As you know. Other people may sail through lives of blue seas, with only the occasional squall, but for me life has always been a mountain--sheer faced and perilous. And, as I think I told you, I had clung on with the footholds and crampons and safety ropes of a safe job and flat and secure relationship.”