“She thinks about love the same way she thinks about a driver’s license: everyone does it, but she is somehow persuaded that she won’t be able to. She’ll never manage to change gear, look right and left, check the mirror, she’s too clumsy, too daydreamy, her mother is always telling her for God’s sake look where you’re going. Every time she washes the dishes, she breaks a plate. She can’t help it—she’s in her own little world.”