"They were bound for college, husbands, child-rearing, unhappiness only dimly perceived- bound, in other words, for life."
"Even if I dump the memory, it will stay with me, staining me."
"but I was in love and so I was insane"
"Marianne, he said, I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me."
"You don't have to think about love; you either feel it or you don't."
"It felt like the world had divided into two different types of people, those who had felt pain and those who had yet to."
"I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other."