“Love is like breathing. You take it in and let it out.”

“Her shut-eyed smile transformed itself into something else: the smile of someone brave and knowing, someone whose pain had made her wise.”

“All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth.”

“People had always amazed him, he began. But they amazed him more since the sickness. For as long as the two of them had been together, he said, Garys mother had accepted him as her sons lover, had ...”

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself.”

“That time we separated was my idea. I thought, well, I'm fifty years old and there might be someone else out there. People waste their happiness - that's what makes me sad. Everyone's so scared to ...”

“You can be two things if you're a woman, Dolores. Betty Crocker or a floozy. Just remember your place - even if it kills you.”

“The cause of every anomaly can be found in woman.”

“Perhaps that was a thing about attractive women: A rejection demanded their respect, made them trust you more.”

“I think Im very blessed to have been raised by so many intelligent and impressive women, and now continuing that on a professional level, having people like Sarah and Nadia to guide me through this...”