Do you have any idea how much I've loved you?

Alice suspected Paul couldn’t really picture his father, just like she couldn’t picture Paul when he was away. Maybe that was the case with people you wanted more than was good for you.

One must have a good memory to keep the promises one has made.

It took the real thing to show you the size of your delusions.

For the first time she saw that the nurse's name was Tabitha.

She liked the life she had. She loved habits. She craved a day with nothing in it, a long, quiet stretch of hours in the studio.

The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it.