"Of course I was okay, those Sundays, because I had Michael for company. Michael, who was my best friend in the world, maybe my only friend, when I was eight years old. My imaginary friend" (Chapter 1, p. 11).

"Love means you can never be apart. So we'll never be apart, Jane, because I love you so much" (Chapter 7, p. 36).

"When your own romantic life is falling apart, everyone else's looks fabulous" (Chapter 11, p. 49).

"A shudder shot down my spine. Vivienne Junior. Oh God, say it isn't so" (Chapter 17, p. 76).

"I felt like a stupid, chunky idiot, in a much-too-young stupid pink dress that was now being stained by my tears and mascara" (Chapter 24, p. 108).

"I knew I hadn't seen Michael, of course, but the much more important question was why hadn't I ever been able to forget him" (Chapter 26, p. 116).

"The day he left me, Michael had said I'd...