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Sexuality and Sexual Identity Quotes
Georgia might have been one of the girls Richard had had an affair with, Therese supposed. He had once mentioned about five. (2.47)
Love Quotes
The feeling bore no resemblance to what she had read about love. Love was supposed to be a kind of blissful insanity. (2.67)
Identity Quotes
It was the dress of queens in fairy tales, of a red deeper than blood. […] Herself meeting herself. (1.66)
Society and Class Quotes
She tried to imagine what it would be like to have worked fifteen years in Frankenberg's department store, and found she was unable to. (1.3)
Youth Quotes
"You just tired, you baby," Mrs. Robichek said, tucking a woolen blanket about her shoulders in the chair. (1.85)
Family Quotes
It was easy for Richard, living at home with a family to keep him cheerful. (2.6)
Jealousy Quotes
Therese did not even see any special lights. "Who's Abby?" (7.55)
Dissatisfaction Quotes
The store was organized so much like a prison, it frightened her now and then to realize she was a part of it. (1.3)