But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with regret and reluct…

- Emily Maguire

Sarah learnt a lot from Alex. Like the way men could say one thing, then another, then act in a way inconsistent with both positions and somehow stil…

- Emily Maguire

The thing I never understood about love is that it can't be quelled, like lust can. With love, if you follow its call, if you give in to it, it just …

- Emily Maguire

Boys are rarely told that their virginity is a gift, or indeed that their sexuality is about “giving” something to another person – lightly or not. B…

- Emily Maguire

It was disconcerting that being in love felt lonelier than lonelines.

- Emily Maguire

Real love should draw no blood from the loved and buckets from the lover.

- Emily Maguire

That's what Jamie didn't understand: it was never just sex. Even the fastest, dirtiest, most impersonal screw was about more than sex. It was about c…

- Emily Maguire