Gemma Malley

“You mustn't let your emotions get the better of you. There is a great deal to be angry about, but anger doesn't change things.”

“Better to find your own way than to blindly trust the words of others, whoever they are.”

“Fame, infamy, they're of the same family.”

“I love you Anna Covey,' he said, his voice barely audible. And slowly, clumsily, he leant forward, and his lips found hers, and Anna felt him kiss her awkwardly, she knew that she wasn't a Surplus any more. And nor was Peter.”

“I rather enjoy being contradicted. It forces me to think harder.”

“Reality wasn't as important as people made it out to be; to Jude it was simply the physical state in which he found himself, an environment he had limited control over.”

“Evolution taught us that adaptation is the key to survival.”

“Surplus meant unnecessary. Not required.You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were loved.”

“Before he'd met Anna, he'd thought he'd known what love was, thought he'd understood about friendship, romance, all o fit, but he hadn't - not at all. Until he'd held Anna in his arms, until he'd let her see his soul, until he'd heard her cry gently when he made love to her for the first time, he'd known nothing.”

“You are a leader. It is time to lead. You must inspire, you must plan, you must make the world a better place.”

“All beauty has a dark side. Heaven can't exist without hell.”

“He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival.”

“Because no one needs to live for ever. I think that sometimes you can outstay your welcome.”