“He was the only person in the world she was tongue-tied around, and yet the only person she really wanted to talk to.”

“She's never really wanted to be the only person, she's never been such a fan of being alone.”

“Sometimes, Blister was thinking, the only person in the world she could really count on was herself, and that was not enough.”

“Still, I will protect Annie. She is the only person in the world who loves me. She is the only person in the world who would never use me. She is my anchor, the chain around my ankle, the thing that means it doesn't matter what James does or who he is - I will still be his because I will always be Annie's.”

“Watching her talk to someone else made me crazy. I was jealous. Ridiculous. I wanted her to know me; I wanted her to talk to me. And I felt it then: this strange, inexplicable sense that she might be the only person in the world I could really care about.”

“The only person I really wanted to talk to about Augustus Water's death with was Augustus Waters.”