Don't blame me. Tell your mom to move closer. Tell her there's this new club called civilization and you guys should join.

But if I hadn't fallen, I wouldn't have met you.

One more secret smile. One more shared laugh. One more electric kiss. Finding him was like finding someone I didn't know I was searching for.

Say 'provoking' again. Your mouth looks provocative when you do.

Humans are vulnerable, because they’re capable of being hurt.

The problem with human attraction is not knowing if it will be returned.

You don't happen to have a thousand dollars I can borrow?" "I don't have five you can borrow. My piggy bank is officialy anorexic.

You're scared of what you can't control

There was nothing wrong with fire … as long as you didn’t stand too close. Something to keep in mind.

If I'd wanted you dead five minutes ago, you'd have died five minutes ago.

It isn't about love, " Vee said. "It's about fun.

I belive I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky.

It's all papers and forms, the entire Civil Service is like a fortress made of papers, forms and red tape.

There is a certain cowardice, a certain weakness, rather, among respectable folk. Only brigands are convinced-of what? That they must succeed. And so they do succeed.

I don't ever worry about whether I'm being true to my country roots. My country roots were adopted. I never worry about what I can do and what I should do. I just do what I want to do.

An index is a great leveller.

Patient perseverance in well doing is infinitely harder than a sudden and impulsive self-sacrifice.

The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become

First you imitate, then you innovate.

It is 10 years since I used drugs or drank alcohol and my life has improved immeasurably. I have a job, a house, a cat, good friendships and generally a bright outlook.

Any creative process is about being in a territory which isn't secure, isn't necessarily familiar, and isn't convenient in any sort of way. And that's the excitement of it.