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Sophie's gut reaction had been no. No no no no no. She was a Londoner. She was independent. She had a career of her own. A social life. Her family lived in London.

mean, Jesus Christ, when you saw me in the pharmacy that first time, I was a total mess. I had a hangover, and I was waiting for the morning-after pill, for God's sake.

never, ever told you I was classy. Not ever. I fucked you on our first date. What on earth made you think I was classy?

Yet somehow she found herself embroiled in a Bohemian, self-centred family like the Jacqueses. How did it happen? When did it happen? And why did it end the way it appears to have ended?

Then the light had gone and they'd dissipated like death stars falling away from the sun.

All men are weak, That's the whole bloody trouble with the world. Too weak to love properly. Too weak to be wrong.

statement. I immediately knew it to be the truest thing I'd ever heard. The weakness of men lay at the root of every bad thing that had ever happened.

My breath caught at the power of this statement. I immediately knew it to be the truest thing I'd ever heard. The weakness of men lay at the root of every bad thing that had ever happened.

Writing is a struggle against the silence where words can have a powerful impact in just a split second and change your life forever........

Oh, I have a very pure soul. It's only my private parts that have gotten me into trouble".

He looked like a fallen angel, replete with all the dangerous male beauty that Lucifer could devise.

Nature had squandered an unreasonable quantity of male beauty on this undeserving creature.

Was this some new level of depravity? Had he developed a spinster fetish?

I suppose now I'm obliged to wish you happiness in your new life. Although happiness in the absence of indoor plumbing is a debatable concept.

I've never had any objection to appearing depraved or villainous. But I draw the line at looking like a prize idiot.

Well, I find a strange comfort in the fact that he wouldn't feel this degree of animosity now, had he not loved me so much before.

No, no... She shook her head for emphasis. No. His lips twitched. - One 'no' is enough, darling.

Helen likes Brussels sprouts. How can anyone trust her opinion?

He's not going to die, you know. It's only nice, saintly people who suffer untimely deaths." She gave a quiet laugh. "Whereas selfish bastards like St. Vincent live to torment other people for decades.

Maybe if he read enough novels about the problems of fictional people, he might find some clue about how to solve his own.

I had never ironed anything in my life. The proper pressing of a shirt was a mystery of the universe akin to black holes and dark matter.

For me, the country where I feel good, where I feel in harmony with the lifestyle and fundamental values, is the United States - more than any other country.

Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend.

Let's not underestimate the European Union. You know what united Europe? Values. And that's why I am absolutely sure about the unity of the European Union and its solidarity with Ukraine.