A sense of hopelessness had invaded his bones, as chill and as inescapable as the rain.

Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.

You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.

Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.

No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.

A Mark that spoke of loss was still a Mark, a remembrance. You could not lose something you never had.

I am catastrophically in love with you.

You kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire. He had wondered once why love was always phrased in terms of burning. The conflagration in his own veins, now, gave the answer.

One does no question miracles, or complain that they are no constructed perfectly to one's liking.

And the answer is yes. I have loved you. I always have, and I always will.

If I held a revolver to your head, James, and pulled the trigger, would it really matter if I did not know that there were not bullets in the chambers?

In spite of being complicated people choose superstitions over common sense.

We recognised that the youth demographic needed to be pursued, preferably with dogs.

Money can't buy no blessins.

Apologize v: to lay the foundation for a future offence.

The whole point is to live life and be - to use all the colors in the crayon box.

5. You feel he has a lot of admirable qualities.

I'm not a diva. I know what I like and I know what I want.

I knew I wanted to be some kind of artist from about 12. I met a neighbour who drew cartoons, and I had an idea I wanted to be a cartoonist - or something that involved Indian ink, at any rate.

It is what you don't expect... that most needs looking for.

I got most of my style from people around me who I knew personally.