“We were each other's rock. But did it make us each other's destiny?”

“We were not making love, we did not even kiss, but the inexplicable intimacy we shared left us wordlessly and hopelessly locked into each other's gaze.”

“Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.”

“We met each other when we were young, before we knew enough about disappointment, and once we did we found we reminded each other of it.”

“Marius and Cosette were in the dark in regard to each other. They did not speak, they did not bow, they were not acquainted; they saw each other; and, like the stars in the sky separated by millions of leagues, they lived by gazing upon each other.”

“We were getting a divorce. But not from each other. Then we were going to get married. But not to each other.”