“Odd how intensely you knew a person, or thought you did, when you were in love-soaked, drenched in love-only to discover later that perhaps you didn't know that person quite as well as you had imagined.” KnowsWellsPersonsOdd Author:Anita Shreve
“A person walks into a room and says hello, and your life takes a course for which you are not prepared. It's a tiny moment (almost-but not quite-unremarkable), the beginning of a hundred thousand tiny moments and some larger ones.” PersonsMomentsCoursesWalksRoomsThousandHundredPreparedTinyHello Book:Eden Close: a novel Source: Eden Close: a novel
“Odd, she thought, how intensely you knew a person, or thought you did, when you were in love - soaked, drenched in love - only to discover later that perhaps you didn't know that person quite as well as you had imagined. Or weren't quite as well known as you had hoped to be. In the beginning, a lover drank in every word and gesture and then tried to hold on to that intensity for as long as possible. But inevitable, if two people were together long enough, that intensity had to wane.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsPersonsLongTwoEnoughTogetherKnownLoversInevitableOddIntensityGesturesWell KnownDrank Author:Anita Shreve
“But how do you ever know that you know a person?” KnowsPersons Book:The Pilot's Wife Source: The Pilot's Wife
“And so a person can never promise to love someone forever because you never know what might come up, what terrible thing the person you love might do.” KnowsPersonsMightForeverTerriblePromiseCome UpLove SomeoneTerrible Things Author:Anita Shreve
