Sometimes a thing is—too much—and it has to be isolated and put away." Martin shrugged. "So what's in the boxes is—emotion. In the form of objects."-Her Fearful Symmetry

I hate to be where she is not, when she is not. And yet, I am always going. - Henry deTamble

When the woman you live with is an artist, every day is a surprise.

We laugh and laugh, and nothing can ever be sad, no one can be lost, or dead, or far away: right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment.

He was not in the house. He did not come back that night. Days went by, and at last she understood that he would not return at all.

CLARE: The library is cool and smells like carpet cleaner, although all I can see is marble.

But you make me happy. It's living up to being happy that's the difficult part.