He says unloved women have no biographies—they have histories.

“You will walk differently alone, dear, through a thicker atmosphere, forcing yo…”

“It excited him, too, that many men had already loved Daisy--it increased her va…”

“Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.”

“The lights of many battleships drifting like water jewels upon the dark Hudson.…”