“Believe it or not, that was the first time I recognized that in some ways she was just like the rest of us.”

“Indeed, even this last moment will be recognized like the rest, at least, be just beginning to be so.”

“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself.”

“Believing the lie that time will heal all wounds is just a nice way of saying that time deadens us.”

“Some times I think this whole world
Is one big prison yeard
Some of us are prisoners
The rest of us are guards”

“I don't think she doesn't believe she can die. I think, just like you always did, she believes there are things worth dying for.”

“I just look at her and she creeps me out. She looks like she would eat a baby. Not that she's fat. She just looks hungry in some dangerous way that can't be explained. She's always so nice and friendly. Exactly the disposition of a baby killer.”

“That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them.”

“Not for the first time, I wished both of us could just say what we meant. But that, like so much else, was impossible”

“Some people are born with the first word of a language resting on their tongue though it may take some time before they can taste it.”