“If you can't get to be uncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked. [...] live well and die happy.”

“You can't go splashing through puddles of happy without getting some of it on you.”

“I am getting nowhere with you and I can't let you go and I cant get through.”

“I hope you meet somebody and get married and then they fucking disappoint you and you have to go through a divorce, and then maybe you'll get it.”

“Yet, as only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you'll live through the night.”

“I'm going to die with Alexander's hand on my face, Tatiana thought. That is not a bad way to die. I cannot move. I can't get up. Just can't. She closed her eyes and felt herself drifting. Through the haze in front of her she heard Alexander's voice. "Tatiana, I love you. Do you hear me? I love you like I've never loved anyone in my whole life. Now, get up. For me, Tatia. For me, please get up and go take care of your sister. Go on. And I'll take care of you.”