“It was the sort of beauty you feel so deeply it becomes contagious and somehow makes you feel beautiful too.”

“The more you feel, the stronger you are.”

“All this kissing was making her crazy; it was reminding her of what she could feel, and how it could be when you wanted someone as much as he wanted you.”

“Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you’re gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.”

“Young people believe that regret is something you will never feel if you simply do as you please, but sometimes it is a matter of degree.”

“...the eldest who had the misfortune of being too beautiful and had a far off look in her eyes. Madame Cohen had seen what could happen to girls like that, they were picked off like fruit on a tree, devoured by blackbirds.”

“That's the way love sounds, my mother told me. You think it should feel like honey, but instead it cuts like a knife.”