“If only there were more yesterdays instead of so many todays.”

“Was there any woman in the world quite like Nora? He was so glad she existed; even more glad there was only one of her.”

“He wished that the mathematics of the world were like the mathematics of the heart - then his equal love and hate would mean he felt nothing instead of double.”

“Vanilla people were so cute sometimes.”

“We can only sacrifice so much of ourselves in a relationship before there's nothing left to love or be loved.”

“Keeping me a virgin waiting for him for so long proved he owned me even more than fucking me would have.”

“Can I call you Mick? Michael's too formal. I'm not formal. You're lucky I've even got pants on today.”