“Nowadays anyone with a crap laptop and an Internet connection can sound their barbaric yawp, whatever it may be.”

“If there's a sexier sound on this planet than the person you're in love with cooing over the crepes you made for him, I don't know what it is.”

“So the end may be a long time coming, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a way of sneaking up on you.”

“And I realized that, for this night at least, I didn't much care if anyone was the marrying kind or not - not even me. Who could tell? We none of us knew for sure WHAT kind we were, exactly, but as long as were the kind that could sit around eating together and having a lovely time, that was enough.”

“But hard bitten cynicism leaves one feeling peevish, and too much of it can do lasting damage to your heart.”

“Like the muscles knew from the beginning that it would end with this, this inevitable falling apart... It's sad, but a relief as well to know that two things so closely bound together can separate with so little violence, leaving smooth surfaces instead of bloody shreds.”

“Bo czasami ma się takie uczucie, kiedy widzi się, jak ktoś się zakochuje - może zwłaszcza w przypadku kogoś smutnego, trudnego lub z jakiegoś innego powodu niedopasowanego do świata. Uczucie ulgi, prawdziwej, jakbyś mogła pozbyć się ciężaru, który niosłaś, nie zdając sobie z tego sprawy. Tak się właśnie czułam, patrząc na ślub Isabel i Martina. "No, przynajmniej ta sprawa z głowy". Dwoje ludzi, którzy mogli się nie odnaleźć. Wydawało się, że to coś cennego i delikatnego.”