“Marnie loved her better and more honestly than anyone else in the world, with the possible exception of her mother, who loved her intensely if not honestly.”

“Marnie hated to see her spend so much of herself on someone who didn't care.”

“She loved her mother and depended on her mother, and yet every single word her mother said annoyed her.”

“She'd loved him as much as he'd let her. More than he'd let her.”

“I did love her. I've loved her from the first time I saw her.”

“She knew whose love she doubted. It wasn't her parents' and it wasn't her friends: It was her own. ”

“He loved her for being so beautiful, and he hated her for it. He loved how she put shiny stuff on her lips for him, and he also reviled her for it. He wanted her to walk home alone, and he wanted to run after her and grab her up before she could take another step.”