How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Her breath is wine-sweet, and she has one of those smiles that seems architecturally impossible. It still slays me. (1.22)
We're going to keep that "architecturally impossible smile" quip in our back pockets for the next time we're in trouble with our significant others and need to earn some brownie points. That'll work like a charm.
Quote #2
"It's like we get so set in our ways, so entrenched in those grooves, we stop seeing our loved ones for who they are. But tonight, right now, I see you again." (4.31)
This would be super romantic if it weren't uttered by a parallel-universe doppelgänger who kidnapped Daniela's real husband and took his place. That makes it more than a little creepy. Still, it also shows us just how much Jason2 loves Daniela, and how much he regrets his decision to leave her.
Quote #3
They haven't been unhappy [...] [b]ut it's been a long, long time since she felt that sense of giddy love that effervesces in the pit of your stomach and spectacularly upends the world. (4.50)
Jason and Daniela have a great marriage by any standard, but their relationship is very much in a different place from where it was when they first met. At the beginning, it was all butterflies in the stomach, extended make-out sessions, and long lingering looks in each other's eyes. Now it's about trust, stability, and loyalty. Both aspects have value, but they're quite different.