“Considering I'm a writer, you leave me strangely bereft of words.”

“A city full of eight million people. It was all rather lonely sometimes.”

“Love is a gift. One that doesn't need to be returned, just accepted.”

“Children betrayed their parents by becoming their own people.”

“But marrying within one's own family can get monotonous. One has heard all the same family stories, knows all the jokes and all the same recipes. No novelty.”

“She took comfort in the familiarity of his smell, knowing that if she lost all her possessions and her home, at least she would have her family.”

“Considering I'm a writer, you leave me strangely bereft of words.”