He’s a lovely guy, but there’s no spark between us whatsoever. It just goes to show, that even with all their fancy assessment tools, the government can’t legislate for chemistry.

I plant a gentle parting kiss on his lips, our strategy is well and truly screwed at this stage anyway. We barely lasted a day.

The Suitors Ball is fast approaching and it's a nasty reminder that my suitor will be chosen shortly. I feel sorry for the poor unfortunate guy, whichever one of them it happens to be.

Are you in any pain? (Ariana Skyee)Only my heart. (Cal Remus)

I would cry if I could, but instead I just feel my heart rip apart.

It’s degrading being routinely subjected to a battery of medical tests to ensure I continue to deserve a place in this new world.

It seems like I have lived a lifetime in just one day.

The imagination is a healthy thing, and a great many scientific discoveries could not have been made without it, but it need to be harnessed to some serious object if it is to come to anything.

All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in a strange, sometimes inexplicable ways.

For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.

my pleasure was in the strength of my back, in my noble shoulders, the cool smooth flesh cylinders of my arms.

My boyhood ambition was to be able to earn my own living, without the help of anybody, anywhere.

My brand was always going to be based on my personality. I didn't want people hiring me for what I said. I wanted them hiring me for who I am.

Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.

There's so much more to a book than just the reading.

Chumps always make the best husbands. All the unhappy marriages come from the husbands having brains.

Am I the kind of person I want my eternal companion to be?