“And I decided it really was true after all. You only really need two people to believe in the same thing, to feel as though you just might belong.”

“Distract yourself, that's what Margaret always told him. When you start getting anxious, give your mind something else to think about. He had become an expert at distracting himself. He had distrac...”

“The only problem was, when your whole existence is something you have to cope with, you look back one day and find that your strategy has become a way of life.”

“Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.”

“If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me.”

“Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.”