Because my mum and dad brought me up to believe that people are different but equal. And that I should treat everyone, no matter who, with the same r….

I pulled him closer to me, wrapping my arms around him, kissing him just as desperately as he was kissing me. Like if we could just love long enough ….

A backup plan means somewhere in my head, I think I might fail and that word is not in my vocabulary. Plus I'm too talented to fail..

Never, ever allow yourself to feel. Feelings kill..

And just like that, I'd been assessed and judged. Nurse Fashoda didn't know the first thing about me but she'd taken one look at my face and now she ….

So why did you want to kiss me?" "We're friends aren't we?" Callum shrugged. I relaxed into a smile. "Of course we are." "And if you can't kiss your ….

Who did it, Sephy?' She repeated. 'Who beat you up? 'Cause whoever it was, I'll kill them..

I suppose it doesn't occur to you that I can think the system just as unjust as you do..

Did you love Melanie?" asked Adam unexpectedly. There was no pause before I shook my head. "That's a shame," said Adam. "Why?" "Well, someone as spec….

The truth isn't going to bend itself to suit you..

I hadn't fully realized just how powerful words could be before this. Whoever came up with the saying 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words….

Dear God, please let him have heard me. Please. Please. If you're up there. Somewhere..

The status quo is never news, only challenges to it..

Don't you know that boys don't cry?' Adam grinned. 'Shall I tell you something I've only recently discovered,' I replied, not attempting to hide the ….

I wish... I wish he wasn't quite so ashamed of me. And if he could stop feeling so ashamed of himself, then maybe we might stand a chance..

The point is, you have family and friends who love you. You have a world out there just waiting for you to conquer it. You have a life that will be a….

One of us... One of them... One of us... One of them... A rhythm playing like train wheels on a circular track -- never ending but going nowhere..

And things go unsaid soon get forgotten.

You're a Nought and I'm a Cross and there's nowhere for us to be, nowhere for us to go where we'd be left in peace...That's why I started crying. Tha….

Boys don't cry, but men do..

Five years off my life... I wondered with a wry smile, would people be immortal if they didn't have kids?.