For I have never wanted a lover, but I have always wanted to love, and to be loved.

People are rarely as attractive in reality as they are in the eyes of the people who are in love with them. Which is, I suppose, as it should be.

We were painting by numbers, starting with the greens. Because that happened to be our favorite color. And this, we figured, had to mean something.

His books are kept on freestanding shelves hung at different angles on a sea-green wall. They defy gravity, as good books should.

And I, who have never thought in terms of a life, think to myself that I could make a life out of this.

One of my best friends is named David Leventhal, and it has always been a constant source of amusement to see how the similarity and differences play out in our lives.

People often say that when couples are married for a long time, they start to look alike. I don't believe that. But I do believe their sentences start to look alike.