“Little Alice, all hollowed out, so easy to smash into a million little pieces.”
“If it works out, it's the best thing in the world. If it doesn't work out, it's like having your heart torn out and chopped up into little pieces while you watch. It leaves a big hollow space that never really heals.”
“You gonna back down so easy, little sister?. Not much wild about you, is there? I bet that cottage doesn't have a scratch. Did Edward tell you how many houses Rose and I smashed?”
“But I also meant that loving someone really opening your heart to them is just asking to have your heart smashed and handed back to you in little pieces.”
“It was as if every day a piece of my heart was plucked out by birds and carried away little by little.”
“Do not despair, little Alice. Only persist, and thou shalt see, Jane Austen's all in all to thee.”