Quotes from Anna Smith

King of the road. Aye right, Rosie thought. Depends on how long you've been in the pub and how many drinks

It's like something out of the Krays.

I know. Brains and dicks. Maybe they're too far apart to function together.

I'm too old to play hard to get,' Marion said. 'Somebody asks me out, I'm standing with my hat and coat on in case they change their mind!

Let me just run that past you, Rosie,' McGuire said. 'In case I've blacked out or I'm dreaming. Are you telling me that our esteemed Home Secretary not only may have witnessed the kidnapping of little Amy, but was rogering some dusky rent boy at the same time? Oh, fuck me, Rosie! I think I'm going to faint. Just saying it makes me lightheaded.

Life goes on. The rules were this: you might sit for a time on the sidelines feeling overwhelmed and paralysed by it all. But sooner or later you picked yourself up and got on with it, or you were left behind.

Memories, light the corners of my mind, Misty water-coloured memories, of the way we were . . .' Indeed, Rosie thought

They had to get him out of here, whatever the cost to the newspaper. She checked her phone again – it was only five thirty back in Glasgow. But she had to make the call now before her battery died.

Darkness was already coming down like a cloak on the deserted streets,

She just didn't know who else to be other than the person she was right now,

Better to die on your feet than live forever on your knees was the inscription on the base.

I'm with my friend TJ. He came and got me and brought me to his flat. I was a bit shocked though, but I'm fine.' There was a pause, and Rosie knew what was coming next.

Deep down she approved of his kind of 'an eye for an eye' justice.

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free …' Emma Lazarus New Colossus

Really? Brilliant. Thanks, Don.' 'Listen. If you're coming up, leave it for at least an hour or two,