In my experience people who have been hurt either pass it on and become abusive themselves or they develop a great kindness.

A good novel is a good novel, pointe finale. And I think what I'm writing is exactly that.

You know Gabri, he wears his heart on his sleeve.’ In fact, there were times Olivier wondered whether Gabri hadn’t been born inside out.

He was very clever, he gave the impression of being tolerant and kind, while actually being very dark, very cunning.

Most of us are great with change, as long as it was our idea.

Beauvoir left their home wanting to call his wife and tell her how much he loved her, and then tell her what he believed in, and his fears and hopes and disappointments. To talk about something real and meaningful. He dialed his cell phone and got her. But the words got caught somewhere south of his throat. Instead he told her the weather had cleared, and she told him about the movie she'd rented. Then they both hung up.