“I gave in to life. I was not defeated but outplayed.”
“We had spent years battling for control of our marriage, of our love story, our life story. I had been thoroughly, finally outplayed. I created a manuscript, and she created a life.”
“Beauty of brain outplays beauty of face.”
“For the first time in my life I was admitting defeat.”
“But for life's little defeats and indignities, I would be happy, content and completely average.”
“I gave you life. You’re wasting it.”