You did the best you could," and she seemed to believe I had. I said, "I've just been going through the motions," using the expression my father had after he'd watched my first tennis lesson. "Sweetie," she said, "that's what a lot of life is.

Whenever people say they didn't like the main character of a book, they mean they didn't like the book. The main character has to be a friend? I don't get that.

You sense that he's dangerous but don't now why - and wonder if it's because he makes you feel safer than you've ever felt.

I guess love is the real suspension of disbelief.

It might sound ordinary for a woman to find out her husband's cheating on her, but not if you're the woman and it's your husband.

You don't need a reason to forgive... If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do.

It scares me how fast I go from disliking to loving him, and I wonder if it’s this way for everyone.