We were perfectly decorous together. It took the will of both of us. I trusted him with me, and myself with him.

That’s what friends are for,” Sheba

Some things belong to the past.

Experience can never be undone, or knowledge unlearned.

I’m not just a face, or a body. I’m a Havisham.

Don’t we have to live a little first? And read later?

Why d’you think she did it?”I told him I had no idea. He seemed disappointed that I shouldn’t know.“A broken heart,” I suggested.“Do people suffer so much?”“For love? Oh, I imagine so.”“To drown herself?”“Why does that astonish you? Dido threw herself on the flames.”“In legend.”“And real life’s different?” I asked.