“Marya pinned out her childhood like a butterfly. She considered it the way a mathematician considers an equation.”
“In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew”
“I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect.”
“Nobody loved her and she wouldn’t have liked it if they had, she considered love a serious disability.”
“The new man was again staring at her, staring at him, challenging her, knowing that she was considering him, wanting her to know that he was considering her. She couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to be with a man who absolutely didn't need her, but merely wanted her.”
“A mathematician believes that describing the speed of Mercury with equations amounts to science.”