I lacked some essential skill for attracting people, for giving and receiving love easily. It meant too much to me. I seemed to be driving away the people I most wanted. Finally I had realized that getting someone to love you was like trying to coax a bird to perch on your finger... it wouldn't happen unless you stopped trying so hard.

Blue-Eyed Devil: Number 2 in series (ed. Hachette UK, 2010) - ISBN: 9780748123414