How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"I love you. Does that sound trite?"
"No."
Richard smiles. He shakes his head. He says, "I don't think two people could have been happier than we've been."
He inches forward, slides gently off the sill, and falls. (18.59-62)
Richard Brown's final words to Clarissa Vaughan echo Virginia Woolf's suicide note directly. Like Virginia, Richard chooses to let go of both love and life when he feels that they can't last much longer.