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“Who, being loved, is poor?’ Oscar Wilde

“When you’re a child, what you see and hear and comprehend can be sorted into little boxes. Then, as you live and learn, all those boxes open up and become rooms. The more you experience, the bigger those rooms get. If you’re lucky enough, there are some people who will love you long enough to see boxes grow into vast spaces. You’ll find dark corners that only light up for the briefest moments.”

“some people spend half their lives trying to get out and the rest of it trying to find their way back.”

“I’m breaking rules. Nothing happens when you play it safe. You just get stagnant.”

“do you honestly think life’s any different for other people? This is it, babe. Mostly mundane, boring stuff.”

' Being brave isn’t the same as being unafraid. Admitting that something scares you and facing it anyway, that’s being brave.'

'True nature will float to the top like a turd in the bath.'

'I can see how a perfectly sane, ordinary person might one day shoot strangers in a mall, or drive into a reservoir with three kids in the back seat. You hear about them, the quiet people, the ones nobody notices until they snap. They keep to themselves. It’s when part of you gives up and gives in. The numb spot.'

“Mum has a radar for sadness, maybe because she carries so much of it herself.”

“Surely there’s a recipe for it. Follow a few simple steps and you can cook up your own shiny destiny.”

“Old feuds are like cracks in the pavement: we all step around them but the cracks get deeper and wider anyway.”