“Did not pleasure depend on an architecture of perspective--on contrast and delay, withholding and loss? Did not true enjoyment rely in facing the future?”

“She did not especially appreciate children either, but could be kind to them when they were silent.”

“Не можеш да спечелиш нищо, ако не си готов да го изгубиш - всичко или част.”

“First you say I am a murderer - an agent in league against you - and now I am a deluded heartsick girl! Pray make up your mind so I can scoff at you with precision!”

“Did you skip your medication or something?”

“What, did I just step into the twilight zone?”

“What did Romeo and Juliet do?”They died,” I remind her gently. “Some mix-up with the poison-”