“Women were meant to suffer; no wonder they asked for constant declarations of love”

“Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.”

“Women are meant to be loved and not understood.”

“They were not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, they were absent in the Constitution and they were invisible in the new political democracy. They were the women of early America.”

“We women aren't good at hints. We like solid declarations of love and forever.”

“If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.”

“My pain is constant and sharp… this confession has meant nothing”

“I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me:.”

“What did dead mean, Ray wondered. It meant lost, it meant frozen, it meant
gone.”

“Do you ever sit back and wonder what it all means? Whether this is it or if there's something greater out there? Or if you were meant for something better?”