“What he wanted was Megan wanting him... but not needing him. Not vulnerable to him. Sure as help not trying to leave him over and over again... and simply failing.”

“Upturned face.Parted lips. The good-night kiss he couldnt leave without. Only, Megans lips were stiff and unyielding. She didnt pull away. It might almost have been better if she had. Instead, shed...”

“Becausetruth?on the scale of significance, that stuff doesnt even register. What has me pushed past the boiling point...what has me really, really upset is learning the woman I thought was so incre...”

“marriage is an arrangement between like-minded parties. Its a partnership, not a love affair. I never lied to you or kept anything of importance from you.She looked at him then, almost stunned, as ...”

“Upturned face.Parted lips. The good-night kiss he couldn’t leave without. Only, Megan’s lips were stiff and unyielding. She didn’t pull away. It might almost have been better if she had. Instead, s...”

“Because—truth?—on the scale of significance, that stuff doesn’t even register. What has me pushed past the boiling point...what has me really, really upset is learning the woman I thought was so in...”

“Some experiences are universal. A girl is a girl whether she lives in West Omaha or Sweet Valley. Books are often far more than books.”

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books”

“Semua orang pernah patah hati. All you have to do is move on.”

“A novel is never anything but a philosophy expressed in images. And in a good novel the philosophy has disappeared into the images.”

“If you only write when youre inspired you may be a fairly decent poet, but youll never be a novelist because youre going to have to make your word count today and those words arent going to wait fo...”