“But he had been in love once, that he knew. Once and only once, and a long time ago. And it had changed him forever. Perfect love did that to a person and this had been perfect.”
“And it was at moments like this that she had to remind herself that she was in love with him, or had once been in love with him, a long time ago.”
“Perfect love did that to a person, and this had been perfect.”
“At twenty-eight I'd had a handful of beaux, but had only been in love once, and that had been awful enough to make me doubt men and myself for a good long while.”
“Forever did not mean what it once had. Forever was what changed inevitably over time.”
“Tess once walked into their bedroom and found them sitting up in bed, perfectly silent, holding hands in the twilight. That image had stayed with her, had given her the notion that love lasts forever.”