"Maybe it didn't really matter what we did to preserve ourselves." Chapter 1, pg. 12.

"I felt I had somehow been compelled to involve myself in this relationship that I knew could offer little more than irreconcilable obstacles. The question was, why?" Chapter 1, pg. 40.

"I loved hatha yoga because it was physical, not meditational, although it did require concentration and a sense of relaxation." Chapter 3, pg. 89.

"I couldn't believe in anything that had no proof and besides, I wasn't all that agonized by the need for a purpose in life or something to believe in besides myself." Chapter 3, pg. 99.

"The notes that he sends me are short and each one tells a story, a story from the life of a man who influenced me deeply, because he inadvertently taught me to love brilliant and complicated men who needed someone to help unlock them." Chapter 4, pg. 134.

"When she went to live...