If I listened to your advice, I'd be making your mistakes instead of my own.

Was this some new level of depravity? Had he developed a spinster fetish?

Some people there's no getting over.

Love will break your heart,[...] but love can also mend it. Not many things in life are both the cause and the cure.

Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken.

I had never felt the allure of another human being this strongly, warmth and curiosity mixing to form an unspoken question in the air.

It might do wonders for your marriage,” Amelia continued. “It’s lovely to talk to your husband after you’ve been to bed together. They just lie there feeling grateful and say yes to everything.” - Amelia to Poppy