“She had borne so long this cruelty of belonging to him and not being claimed by him.”

“Everything belonged to him--but that was a trifle. The thing to know was what he belonged to, how many powers of darkness claimed him for their own.”

“She had born a child but two hours ago. She was so weak that she couldn't lift her head an inch from the pillow, yet it was she who comforted him and told him not to worry, that she would take care of him.”

“They were connected, one being, fused together. She belonged to him, and he to her.”

“It had been so long since she had seen him and she had lived on memories until they were worn thin.”

“She had worked a year to get him out of her life as much as she possibly could. He always had a place in her heart since she had loved him so obsessively for such a long time, but she had been able to extract herself from him to an extent.”