“So if we could not have love, my husband and I, then at least I could have alchemy.”

“So I'll do that, and I'll do my best and if my best isn't good enough, at least I will have done everything I could, everything that is in me. I don't have to try to be someone else, someone I could never be.”

“I wish somebody would have told my grandpa about the Cold War, so he could have at least put on a jacket.”

“Another husband could be found and with That husband another son. But I have no mother now. I have no father. I cannot bring another brother to the world.”

“I know that many, if not most, women would have a problem with my acceptance of what happened with Lara. The reality is I shall always be grateful to Lara for helping my husband when I could not do so. I couldn’t have chosen a better or kinder surrogate.”

“I wished I stayed at the movies, where I could have at least had some popcorn with my drama.”