“Its our memories that teach us who we are.”

“Never leave home without your memories.”

“One consequence of ignorance is that it misdirects anger.”

“To tell a lie is to risk being caught out and theres excitement in avoiding traps: it was an aspect of my childhood I was perhaps averse to relinquishing.”

“Felix has always believed that if there is one thing in life that is fated it is our birth, that far-fetched conspiracy of circumstances which have to occur in order for us to get born.”

“The temptation to betray a secret, always breathing its hot breath in your ear.”

“The words I Love You kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.”

“It wasn't a thing I had consciously missed, but having it now reminded me of the joy of it; that drowsy intimacy in which a man's body is accessible to you as your own, the strange shapes and textu...”

“his yellow eyes gazed at me possessively -- I wondered if he realized that the way he looked at me was far more intimate than copping a feel could ever be.”