“the hope that there she would manage to regain her happiness made her fearless”

“She would give up her husband to regain her son.”

“She would always be living her life backwards, she realized, trying to regain something perfect that she'd lost.”

“All nations were different. The Russians were unparalleled in their suffering, the English in their reserve, the Americans in their love of life, the Italians in their love of Christ, and the French in their hope of love. So when they made the dress for Tatiana, they made it full of promise. They made it as if to tell her, put it on, chérie, and in this dress you, too, shall be loved as we have loved; put it on and love shall be yours. And so Tatiana never despaired in her white dress with red roses. Had the Americans made it, she would have been happy. Had the Italians made it, she would have started praying, had the British made it, she would have squared her shoulders, but because the French had made it, she never lost hope.”

“She couldnt let that happen again. She would have to be strong. Fearless. Girdherself with righteous armor.She jumped when the door clicked shut. Oh great, that was real fearless of her.”

“She regained the street--happy in this, that though much had been forced on her against her will, though she had in fact heard the whole substance of Jane Fairfax's letter, she had been able to escape the letter itself.”