“I plan to learn enough to read you like a book.”

“Don;t blush, for God's sake. You and your blushing - you're like some Victorian maiden.”

“I was busy falling in love at first sight. So I had to stare. That's what you do when you're falling in love at first sight. You go into soft focus, and romantic music starts playing in the background.”

“He did not know what it was like to be two women in love.”

“It could not always be love in the afternoon and passion in the night, gifts given, notes written, meals fed to each other. It can't all be like that.”

“No wonder you want to be a writer. How can you not, with all that behind you? You practically are a novel already.”

“This was another item about growing up: you encountered all the cliches of love and loss and heartbreak.”