“The girl knew that quarrels would come because their lives were intertwined - how passionately one defends a heart that is vulnerable.”

“Teachers wondered why I didn't speak up more in class. Why would I when I knew how precarious words could be, how betraying they were, how vulnerable they made you?”

“They were only to glad to come, ... as an alibi to test their charms ... ... but once they'd made it into the house their hearts where in their boots because they knew enough to see that here Madame Verona was still living off the interest.”

“Because they knew each other's thoughts, they even quarrelled without speaking.”

“Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.”

“Because Ragen is kind hearted and strong at the same time, and I know how rare that kind of man is. Because I never doubted that he loved me, and would come back. But most of all, because the moments I had with him were worth all the ones apart.”