“Despair? I don't despair. I have never once in my life despaired anything. I make a point not to go further than resignation.”

“Despair? I don't despair. I have never once in my life despaired anything. I make a point not to go further than resignation.”

“I want to keep you. I want to lock you up and not let anyone near you. I don't want others touching you, I don't want them to smell you. I want you hidden and safe. I want to hoard you and never share you with anyone again. I would shape my entire life around your every want and desire, around pleasing you and satisfying you, keeping you where I am not just the centre of your world but all of it.”

“Do not underestimate the strength it takes to be the hearth everyone turns to for warmth.”

“Though never as complex as we fear, life is also never as simple as we might wish.”

“The entire place smelled like the bastard child of a florist and a perfume shop.”