"Jenny, my wife, June's daughter, suspects my predatory nature and is irritated by my fascination with her parents. She has spent long enough getting free of them and she is right to feel that my interest might be dragging her back." (Part 1, pg. 4)

"As I trod the bilious, swirling carpet, which continued out of the hall, under the wire mesh glass fire door, along the corridor to cover every available inch of public space, it came to me again how deeply I resented the fact that she was dying. I was against it, I could not accept it." (Part 1, pg. 9)

"'And then, everything changed. Within days of meeting Bernard my feelings were ...well, I thought I was going to explode. I wanted him, Jeremy. It was like a pain. I didn't want a wedding or a kitchen, I wanted this man. I had lurid fantasies about him. I...