The problem with marriage - or may be its strength - was that it spanned a distance, and you were never the same person you started out being. If you were lucky, you could still recognize each other years later.

“Eric understands that the world is rarely the way it is supposed to be. And he …”

“I cannot admit this out loud. In the first place, we are expected to be supermo…”

“There is a curious thing that happens with the passage of time: a calcification…”

“I remember my mother telling me that, when she was a little girl in Catholic sc…”