“Are you always this wise, Ruth?" "Only when it comes to other people's lives.”

“There's so much to lose.""There always is," she said.I sighed and reached for another biscuit. "Are you always this wise, Ruth?""Only when it comes to other people's lives.”

“People belong to each other only as long as they both believe. He stopped believing.”

“The worst events always have the thrust of accidents, as if they come out of nowhere. But that's just lack of perspective.”

“In some ways, it was as if nothing had changed. Our bodies knew each other so well we didn’t have to think about how to move. But when it was over and we lay still, I felt a terrible sadness come down because I loved him as much as I ever did.”

“It had been a false spring, a lie like all the other lies, and I found myself wondering it it would ever really come.”

“More and more I find myself at a loss for words and didn't want to hear other people talking either. Their conversations seemed false and empty. I preferred to look at the sea, which said nothing and never made you feel alone.”