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"I wanted to be an air hostess. I could just see myself in one of these smart suits with a perky hat . . . Funny how things work out."

"Look at us. Here we are, stuck in the back end of Walford, and nothing to look forward to but another wet winter."

"Maybe I'm too old, and set in me ways. . ."

"It's a funny thing, Pat. You'd never have thought any good would come out of what I've been through in the last nine months; but you do have a choice: you can either lie back and take it and become a victim, or fight back and take control of your own life. Do ya' know what I mean?"

"It's not 'til you've been abroad, that you realize . . . people. . . . are afraid of change; it makes them aware that their little bit of the world is really just a tiny little bit."

"Ha! Life on the edge, eh? That's me. . . . Cheers."

"I'll be fifty next week. Fifty! . . . I think I'll keep quiet about this one."

"Everything changes, Arthur. Except people like you and me; we just carry on in the same old way."

"Sometimes, I forget all about it. Don't think about it for ages. Then all of the sudden, I remember. I go cold. I just wish someone would wake me up and tell me it's all just a bad dream."