“Reality is highly overrated.”

“Forget what they told you. You want the truth, follow the money.”

“I left this morning saying ‘I love you’as if setting out for some unknown countryinstead of the corner shop. I wantedyou to be sure, in casethis time - out of, say, 10,000 departuresI never made it back: althoughafter 50 years together, 2 countries,3 children, and several former journeysthat would put this one to shameyou’d think there’d be no need to pauseon my own doorstep, suddenly afraidof the distance between us, of your absolute beauty,of the growing aloneness when I clicked the latch.”

“Feelings follow actions.”

“-Quand on ouvre une lettre d'amour, quand on la lit, on est interpellé pis c'est difficile, après, de pas se sentir concerné, de faire comme si ça existait pas, de porter le poids de cet amour-là sans y répondre. Lire une lettre d'amour, c'est s'engager à quelque chose.-À quoi?-À être responsable de la réponse.”

“Supermom wasn't a bad job description. The pay was lousy if you were talking about real money. But the payoff was priceless in so many other ways.”

“I believe in magic!”