Josephine Hart

“Love at first sight is a hypnosis. A moment of sheer madness. The pull of a stranger's cubit, the scent of his skin.”

“A lie, like a spear, can be held in two ways.”

“Never believe a man can change. He may alter his circumstances, but he will not alter his nature.”

“I do not believe in God, but I believe in prayer.”

“Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.”

“Memory is a strange and unreliable organ.”

“Obsession is a blade that cuts you both ways. It can be a knife in your hand or a knife in your back.”

“Pain is a revelation. I'd have to say it's the only one.”

“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.”

“What is given can be taken away. What is earned is yours forever.”

“Sin is a wound. A wound that does not heal.”

“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.”

“The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color.”

“We fall into each other's arms, and for a moment, the world is a perfect place.”

“The heart has its own secrets, and the mind its own follies.”