“To marry was to say you believed in the future and in the past, too-that history and tradition and hope could stay knit together to hold you up.”

“Not everyone believed in marriage then. To marry was to say you believed in the future and in the past, too - that history and tradition and hope could stay knit together to hold you up.”

“I hope we'll get lucky enough to grow old together.”

“It gave me a sharp kind of sadness to think that no matter how much I loved him and tried to put him back together again, he might stay broken forever.”

“Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced and my heart soared with stories.”

“You have to digest life. You have to chew it up and love it all through.”

“I'd like it if you could love me for a little while at least.”