Suddenly she realized that what she was regretting was not the lost past but the lost future, not what had not been but what would never be.

“Talk English to me, Tommy.Parlez francais avec moi, Nicole.But the meanings are…”

“I don't like girls in the daytime,' he said shortly, and then thinking this a b…”

“Rather nice night, after all. Stars are out and everything. Exceptionally tasty…”

“They're such beautiful shirts,' she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick fold…”