“In her own experience she's learned that happiness and sadness find their own level no matter what's biting you, mosquitoes or meatskins.”

“Nor am I greatly moved by jocular inquiries such as, 'Where will you put all the mosquitoes?' -- a question to be answered on its own level by pointing out that, if the worst came to worst, a heaven for mosquitoes and a hell for men could very conveniently be combined.”

“Bridget's anger evaporated and the sadness came back. The anger was easier. She owned and controlled it, whereas the sadness owned her.”

“Don't be sad for what you have lost, be happy for the experience.”

“It is the same with anything - you have to learn through your own experience, paying your own way. You can't learn it from a book.”

“No matter what the challenge, Aurore always felt stronger on her own territory. Her deepest faith abided in her vines. She knew her childhood home on Cyprus like she knew her own body.”