Chapter 1
It was the dress of queens in fairy tales, of a red deeper than blood. […] Herself meeting herself. (1.66)
Chapter 2
Georgia might have been one of the girls Richard had had an affair with, Therese supposed. He had once mentioned about five. (2.47)
Chapter 4
"My name? Carol. Please don't ever call me Carole." […]"How do you like it pronounced? Therese?""Yes. The way you do," she answered. Carol pronounced her name the French way, Terez. (4.45, 4.47-4...
Chapter 5
She remembered the first night she had let [Richard] stay, and she writhed again inwardly. It had been anything but pleasant. (5.62)
Chapter 6
Her mother was not dead. But Therese had not seen her since she was fourteen. (6.81)
Chapter 7
"I mean, I think people often try to find through sex, things that are much easier to find in other ways." (7.94)
Chapter 8
"I don't mean people like that. I mean two people who fall in love suddenly with each other, out of the blue. Say two men or two girls." (8.73)
Chapter 9
And she thought suddenly of the times she had gone to bed with him, of her distance then compared to the closeness that was supposed to be, that everyone talked about. It hadn't mattered to Richard...
Chapter 10
She complemented Carol's solemnity, she could remind Carol to laugh. (10.41)
Chapter 11
"They're not horrid. One's just supposed to conform." (11.74)
Chapter 12
[Therese] looked at the chunky figures of the two girls at the end of the bar whom she had noticed before, and now that they were leaving, she saw that they were in slacks. One had hair cut like a...
Chapter 13
"What real reason have you to think he's not in love with you?" Carol asked. (13.70)
Chapter 14
"Acquired tastes are always more pleasant—and hard to get rid of." (14.87)
Chapter 15
"My little orphan," Carol said. (15.52)
Chapter 16
"Don't you think you'd better try some others?" (16.30)
Chapter 18
How was it possible to be afraid and in love, Therese thought. The two things did not go together. (18.7)
Chapter 19
"All right. Come on. Let's get to Des Moines. How about you driving a while?"They changed places. (19.174-19.175)
Chapter 21
Yes, she understood why Carol had sent the letter. Because Carol loved her child more than her. (21.42)
Chapter 22
"You look grown up all of a sudden," [Dannie] said. "You changed your hair, didn't you?" (22.70)
Chapter 23
Carol's phrase "come out" had made her think of being born, and it embarrassed her. (23.46)