Sally Thorne

Love and hate are visceral. Your stomach twists at the thought of that person.

I have a theory. Hating someone feels disturbingly similar to being in love with them. I’ve had a lot of time to compare love and hate, and these are my observations.

Love and hate are visceral. Your stomach twists at the thought of that person. The heart in your chest beats heavy and bright, nearly visible through your flesh and clothes. Your appetite and sleep are shredded. Every interaction spikes your blood with a dangerous kind of adrenaline, and you’re on the brink of fight or flight. Your body is barely under your control. You’re consumed, and it scares you

The trick is to find that one person who can give it back as good as they can take it.”

When you get so little of someone, you take what you can get.”

Every interaction spikes your blood with a dangerous kind of adrenali

imprisoned at my desk for another few hours. I wish I was in solitary confinement, but unfortunately I have a cellmate. Each tick of his watch feels like another tally ma

friendly and efficient people at HarperCollins, especially my editor, Amanda Bergeron, for making me feel like one of the family.

Speaking of family, I want to send love to my parents, Sue and David, my brother, Peter, and my husband, Roland. Rol, thank you for believing in me. Even though my pug, Delia, cannot read, she has bee

The trick is to find that one person who can give it back as good as they can take it.”

You’re the sort of person who needs to be eased into things slowly.”

I tried abusing some of the gentle folk in payroll but they got all teary.”