“She has been hanging on to the hope of him for so long that she doesn't realize there isn't anything left to hope for.”
“She could not trust herself to hope—but without hope, she realized, she had no reason to go on.”
“She has her gown nicely in place tonight, doesn't she? Black velvet and sparkles, not a thread left hanging. Clever girl, this city. Even the sky is her friend.”
“She has been trying to pull her worth from him for so long. She has been trying to extract her beauty from his skin. She has been dying to be loved by him again...but he will always leave her empty”
“So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.”
“He had been willing to hold on to hope even when it looked like all hope was lost. She owed him no less.”