He had taken George, my beloved George, from me. And he had taken my other self: Anne.

Anyone can attract a man. The trick is to keep him.

One’s lover is one’s partner in observing and understanding the world. Marriage is a place where joint narratives are composed. If the lover is a liar then all your joint observations are unreliable. You will have to start all over again.

It is no small thing, this, for a woman: freedom.

Before anything else I was a woman who was capable of passion and who had a great need and a great desire for love.

Edward lives as if there is no tomorrow, Richard as if he wants no tomorrow, and George as though someone should give it to him for free.

In Spain," indeed! He would have got no closer than the Indies if I had not showed him how to do it. Stupid puppy.