But this bus was a bit too full. The driver only appeared to control the glass and metal around him. In reality, he was at the nose of a travelling paroxysm.

Olga was better, in the sun, where he could see every pore in her skin. Get closer. Feel her next to him. It was all he wanted in the world. It was the last thing in the world that he could do.

…he’d assumed their relationship would go on forever. It was going on now, but in another way, like the rearrangement of the stars, which were all still in the sky, just burning in unexpected places.

We just move on, don’t we, with traitors still amongst us? But there was one thought that wouldn’t go away. If I loved him, I would forgive him.

I wouldn't dignify it with the name immoral.

You know what people are doing on the other side of the world, what’s happening on another planet, but not what’s going on inside the person next to you.

Were the stars against him? A woman's fingers are quicker in the sky and shine more brightly.

We put our flags in soil when we arrive, as if it now belongs to us and we know where we are.

The world is indeed a cold, hard stone.

The emotion was the most important thing.

The past is already documented and the present is taking shape with every moment, but the future is always in-view.

I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.

I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative.

A mind that worries about the past is distracted, and a mind that worries about the future is delusional.

That first writing session, what Dan Hill calls a creative blind date, is always a real challenge, and you bring that back to your partner when you return to writing with them.

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.

Worrying makes you cross the bridge before you come to it.

If you're walking the path of the dreamer, everything is possible.

Life is a unique combination of "want to" and "how to" and we need to give equal attention to both.