“It had all seemed as inevitable as sunset. Instead it was the beauty of the sun glinting upon the scythe.”

“In so many senseless deaths, beauty is to blame.”

“They ought to do away with divorce settlements. Instead, both parties should flip a coin. The winner gets to stay where he or she is and keep everything. The loser goes to Paraguay. That´s it.”

“The swans are unnaturally beautiful. They mate for life.I wish they could talk. I have questions.”

“There is that, and there is also the Irreconcilable Differences line. It seems so catchall, so vague. You could say that about anyone, any man and woman at all. Jesus and Mary Magdalene: "Irreconcilable Differences." JFK and Jackie, anyone at all. It´s built into the man-woman thing. What kind of paltry reason is that? "Insanity" is another box to be checked on the divorce petition, the only alternative to "Irreconcilable Differences." I would like to check it.”

“It seems a very specific bid: I´ll take Famous Authors for five hundred.”

“The whole world seems tilted, my inner ear displaced by a hole where my spouse used to be.”