“Think for a minute, darling: in fairy tales it's always the children who have the fine adventures. The mothers have to stay at home and wait for the children to fly in the window.”

“It's hard being left behind. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is, wondering if he's okay. It's hard to be the one who stays behind.”

“One may do many things in a long life. I also played a great deal of tennis and brought up three children. There's time for all sorts of adventures.”

“That’s the thing about living vicariously; it’s so much faster than actual living. In a few minutes we’ll be worrying about names for the children.”

“I wanted someone to love who would stay: stay and be there, always.”

“It's hard being left behind. (...) It's hard to be the one who stays.”

“It's hard being left behind...It's hard to be the one who stays...Why is love intensified by absence?”