To leave, after all, was not the same as being left.

I wonder this: If you take a woman and push her to the edge, how will she behave?

If you're skating on thin ice, you might as well dance.

I have always been faithful to you if faithful means the experience against which everything else has been measured.

the enduring struggle to capture in words the infinite possibilities of a life not lived.

Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well.

To be relieved of love, she thought, was to give up a terrible burden.