“Her beauty had not blinded him to her shortcomings, but perhaps it had to her virtues”
“To be fair to Monica," I said, "what you did to her wasn't very nice either.""What'd I do to her?" he asked, defensive."You know, going blind and everything.""But that's not my fault," Isaac said."I'm not saying it was your fault. I'm saying it wasn't nice.”
“Patience is a virtue,Virtue is a grace.Grace is a little girlWho would not wash her face.”
“Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.”
“You love another person not because of his virtues- that is infatuation- but in spite of his faults," he said to her. "Love has no place for idealization.”