Love is the strangest, most illogical thing in the world. - Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

"Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers."

"He looks at her and smiles. "You're sort of dangerous, you know?"She stares at him. "Me?""Yeah,"he says sitting back. "I'm way too honest with you."

"Is it possible not to ever know your type-not to even know you have a type-until quite suddenly you do?"

"Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?"

"People talk about books being an escape, but here on the tube, this one feels more like a lifeline...The motion of the train makes her head rattle, but her eyes lock on the words the way a figure skater might choose a focal point as she spins, and just like that, she's grounded again."