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‘We are, in the end, just two chambers of the same poisoned heart’ p240

‘This reputation was important to Ben. At school, it came to him naturally. Later in life, it was one he cultivated, and I found it less convincing. As a teenager, he had been touchingly sincere. These days, he saw sincerity as a valuable asset and it wasn't quite the same thing.’ p57

‘The chandelier … revealed itself to be constructed entirely from upended wine glasses. It was, Serena and Ben thought, a humorous accent; a sign that although they recognised beautiful design, they were not ones to take themselves too seriously. But I knew that the chandelier had cost £250,000. More, if you count …costs. I couldn't help but admire the grandiosity of it. The sheer, unthinking excess.’ p17