I am tired of knowing nothing and being reminded of it all the time.

Nancy had a mouth like a remembered kiss.

...I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.

A lot of young girls together is a romantic secret thing like the first sight of wild ducks at dawn.

Everything that begins, begins with blood.

but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game

Don't say 'wife.' I'm your mistress. Wife's such an ugly word. Your 'permanent mistress' is so much more tangible and desirable… .