“She couldn't know anyone, but someone still needed her. She couldn't be anyone, but she could still love.” LoveSelfIdentityNeededThe HeavensSandra NewmanUnknowable Book:The Heavens Source: The Heavens
“The maidservants all were in love with Southampton, in a rapt, unhoping way, like a tribe of poets in love with the moon; one would have a fit of tears, then it spread to another and another, until all the house heaved with love's calamity.” LoveHumorInfatuationContagiousFigurative LanguageLovesickThe HeavensSandra Newman Book:The Heavens Source: The Heavens
“The dream was strongest of all when Kate's heart was broken. Then she fell asleep as if falling out of life, and the dream became numinous as real things are numinous, vivid even as it blankly slept. She couldn't prove it even to her own satisfaction, but she felt the dream was quickened by love.” LoveDreamsHeartbrokenFigurative LanguageThe HeavensSandra Newman Book:The Heavens Source: The Heavens
