“Magnus remembered a town in Peru whose Quechua name meant quiet place. He recalled even more vividly being obscenely drunk and unhappy over his heartbreak of that time, and the maudlin thoughts tha...”

“I am in full possession of the amazing power of being sarcastic.”

“Real life is sometimes boring, rarely conclusive and boy, does the dialogue need work.”

“My life was going to flash before my eyes, but it decided to hide behind my eyes and quake with terror instead.”

“I don't trust men everybody likes. Being nice isn't the same as being good.”

“In two words," said Alan quietly, "there is nothing I love half as much as you.”

“Those who work, knows the strength of labour.”

“I only have so much willpower, Helen," he whispered. "And since you apparently sleep in the most ridiculously transparent tank top I've ever seen, I'm going to have to ask you to get under the cove...”

“I'm infatuated with you, I cannot deny it. Physically speaking, you're a very attractive man. But I don't like you, the vast majority of the time. So far as I can gather, you behave abominably in p...”