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"When did he die, your husband?"
"When does anybody die?" She shrugged. "When God says Well done."

"He... considered the name his mother gave him, the thought of it sinking him, It wasn't that he didn't like his name - only that he had been willing to toss it into the river. He had never wanted to throw his name out, just the breath attached to it. The name, after all, was the only thing his mother gave him that he was able to keep without destroying."

"There is no shame, the boy thought, in losing yourself to something as natural as gravity - where one doesn't jump but is pulled, blameless, towards the sea."

"The hardest thing in the world is to live only once."

Ghost Painting - 2/5 stars

Gifts in the Night - 1/5 stars

"A lot was written about romantic love... But this, too, was deserving of rapture, of song. Before she ever knew a lover's body, she knew her sister's, could see herself in their long feet and light eyes, their sleek limbs and curled hair. And, before life became big and difficult, there were moments with them when it was simply good."

"At their worst, they were selfish, stubborn, and self-destructive. At their best, they both possessed a fearless surety that demanded the most from both themselves and everyone around them, invigorating their lives with the potency of destiny."

"She'd heard once that guilt was for something you'd done - you could feel guilt for a certain action or behaviour but fundamentally know you were a good person - but shame was deeper, shame was for who you were."

"Nothing can stop you. Not even you."

"All the sex and booze and coke and shit, it's not really about that stuff. it's about people who have fallen out of love with life trying to get back to how they used to feel"

"The problem with her pain was that it was invisible. Avery wished she could have given it crutches, some object that made it obvious to everyone around her, but she had learned now that most pain is private."

"Their family had always been good at hellos and goodbyes, moments ending even as they began. It was easy to love someone in the beginnings and endings; it was all the time in between that was so hard."

Two Ghosts - 3/5 stars

My First Ghost - 2/5 stars

"I wish I saw people the way you do,"...
"How is that?"
"Generously."

"She didn't know that love could feel like this, so honeyed, so sweet. That her body deserved such tenderness."

"Living in L.A is like dating a really beautiful person who has nothing to say... It's fine for a while because, you know, look at them, but eventually you're going to realise you need to be around people who read books and have their real noses."

Companionship - 5/5 stars

A Christmas Tradition - 3/5 stars

Dream Holiday - 4/5 stars

A Very Sexy Revenge - 3.5/5 stars

The Stamp of a Criminal - 4/5 stars

Like You - 2/5 stars

When Your Number's Up - 5/5 stars

Christmas is for the Kids - 3/5 stars

Time Rich - 5/5 stars

Venice Aphrodisiac - 3/5 stars

Meet Me at the Crematorium - 3/5 stars

"who gets to be best-liked in any community? Who is most trusted? Why, the man who does the dirty job, of course, and does it with a smile. The man who does the job you couldn't bring yourself to do."