And Patrice thought another thing her mother said was definitely true — you never really knew a man until you told him you didn’t love him. That’s wh… - Louise Erdrich

I was not prepared to think of the people I had lost, or to speak of them, although we did, carefully, without letting their names loose in the wind that would reach their ears. We feared that they would hear us and never rest, come back out of pity for the loneliness we felt.

"We'd better get there soon," said Corwin. "They're probably building new streets in Paris right this minute."
"What if I don't want to, being a lesbian?"
Corwin fell silent; after a while he spoke.
"So you think it might be permanent?"

Ever since I understood this life was to be mine, I have wanted only for it to continue in its precious routine.