“Now she saw that marriage was like being in a three-legged race with the same person for the rest of your life. Your hopes, your happiness, your luck, your moods, all yoked to his.”

“The moment a woman was born determined so much of who she was allowed to become.”

“Someone could save your life without you ever knowing it. It happened more than most people realized.”

“She had learned over time that to know anything was bearable. It was secrecy that could not be borne.”

“It was amazing that you did not become your grief entirely, and walk about leaking it everywhere.”

“People are... Full of contradictions. They're lonely. And then they're not. They're missed. And then they're not.”

“Society had more and more rules, and laws that contradicted the rules, and new rules that contradicted the laws. People felt too frightened to take even a step outside the invisible regulations tha...”

“A woman lives a life of contradictions wrapped inside paradoxes wrapped inside a big candy wrapper.”

“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.”

“The decision is mine, and I choose happiness”

“...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead us straight to them.”