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1 " There are some people with whom your body works.With whom you fall into stride without trying; with whom you're warm when it's cold; with whom you always feel the right size even if you feel the wrong size everywhere else. "
― Lucy Robinson , The Unfinished Symphony of You and Me
2 " I knew it was love because it was easy to talk about a load of bollocks and laugh until we hurt. "
3 " Jan shook his head, 'No. You have the most beautiful, powerful voice that any of us are ever hearing,' he said. 'How could we leave you alone? It would be against the law. I would have to telephone Interpol. "
4 " It is a fact universally acknowledged that no sane person can really fall in love in one night. At best, it is an obsession. A compeling feeling that this person, this one, out of all the millions of others, is the answer to all of your problems. At worst, it is misplaced horn. "
5 " Although it was pointless, I prayed that Julian would suddenly have flown to the Antarctic to live in a penguin colony. Or that he'd just say no. After all, it was he who'd been so emphatic that we should move on. He did neither. "
6 " Bloody Americans. Why did they have to DATE? Why couldn't they just spend their time ignoring each other, like the English? If he'd stayed in London he would never have met anyone. he'd be alone and unhappy, like me, but at least he wouldn't be DATING. "
7 " You told me that when Catherine died, your mum forced you to move in with her because she didn't know how else to look after you. You said it probably helped your mum more than it helped you. It really got me thinking about the things we do to protect those we love. We all try to do what we think is best but really we have no idea! As often as not we can make things worse. Look at how I spent years being Fiona's mother because I thought I could save her from herself. Did it work? No! Because I was doing what I thought was best because I loved her. "
8 " I couldn't give a crap where you were born, Sally Howlett. I just know that I want to be on your team. "
9 " But...I don't get it,' I said quietly. 'I'm just a girl from a depressed council estate. The whole thing just seems...insane.'Julian pulled me in and kissed me, a long, happy kiss that made me forget everything else. Eventually we stopped and looked at each other, our eyes so close they almost touched. 'Doesn't matter how small you started,' he told me. 'You still get to have big dreams. And a rich, happy life. "