I love you," he said, his voice catching. "When I thought you were going to die, I wanted to die.

Discretion is a synonym for intelligence.

The books weren't exactly Linnet's general reading fare, but a desperate woman will read anything.

You are absolutely beautiful," Anne said. "But if you see yourself, you'll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play." (Eleanor) "Are you saying that I normally look as if I'm tending sheep? With straw in my hair? As if I might yodel?

Life without a phone is riskier, lonelier, more vivid.

I woke up this morning,” Gabriel said, “thinking of nothing more than rolling over and pulling you into my arms and kissing you again. Kissing: only kissing. As if I were a green boy of fourteen. In case you don’t realize it, Kate, kissing is not a man’s usual inclination in the morning.

Yes, it's quite amazing how I continue to shock my mother even after all these years together