I gazed up at the stars as I waited. They twinkled down at me, like a huge handful of diamonds someone had coated in glue and thrown on the ceiling.

Peering around her, I took note exactly where the hundred metre high cliff started. i didn't want to be taking an unexpected flying lesson today.

Who was that?” Layetta asked.“Nobody.”“You can’t take a phone call from nobody. That meansthere is no one on the other end of the phone, meaning no phone call. So. Who was it?” I asked.

You two would get on like a house on fire. Don't douse the flames before you've struck a match.

My nerves came back in full force. I'd thrown myself in the deep end, and, feeling like I had no idea how to swim, I had to get back to shore somehow. "I'm sorry, " I whispered.

Sometimes I found it hard to believe that the person in the mirror was me.

...her own experience was beginning to tell her that an alert old age can be more keen than the cards.

My main intention was to not only create collections that defined myself and style, but to also create things that my fans identify with me and feel a belonging to.

Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.

The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.

I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn't fit in.

I don’t know if I’m a tortured soul, but I was born heartbroken. I remember feeling it when I was so young. 
 I was like, ‘Mum, it hurts.’

Songs come alive every night and can be a new experience for someone. You might have someone in the audience who has never seen us before and hearing it for the first time. We are aware of that.

Symmetry is for God, not for us.

For a small moment, I fix my eyes on his, telling him silently everything that I'll never say to him aloud.

Either the kid was naturally hyper or he was hopped up on enough caffeine to give a heart attack to a water buffalo.