Was this love? Because it hurt. It was like a bit of glass stuck somewhere important--his heart or his head, and it was throbbing.

I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I could get him out and he'd look at me the way boys do in films, as if I'm beautiful.

I want to die in my own way. It's my illness, my death, my choice. This is what saying yes means.

It was strange how words meant something when they came out of your mouth. Inside your head they were safe and silent, but once they were outside, people grabbed hold of them.

Every seven years our bodies change, every cell. Every seven years, we disappear.

Then she says, ‘I love you.’ Like three drops of blood falling onto snow.

We make patterns, we share moments.

All I know is that I have two choices – stay wrapped in blankets and get on with dying, or get the list back together and get on with living.

I love you. I love you. I send this message through my fingers and into his, up his arm and into his heart. Hear me. I love you. And I'm sorry to leave you.

It's all right, Tessa, you can go. We love you. You can go now.' 'Why are you saying that?' 'She might need permission to die, Cal.' 'I don't want her to. She doesn't have my permission.

Bye, Tess. haunt me if you like. I don't mind.

Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?

A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.

As long as I live, so long do I learn.

Every villain is a hero in his or her own mind.

I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.

One might better try to sail the Atlantic in a paper boat, than try to get to heaven on good works.

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.

If you find yourself lost in the woods, build a house. "Well, I was lost, but now I live here!"

It's really football, tennis, and golf that I watch other than hockey.

I could see myself in the fur coats, turtleneck sweaters, with the Kangol hats like Slick Rick and Dana Dane. But I could also see myself in a leather Troop suit like LL Cool J.