Maria

“She thought about how marvelous is would be to have a wife keeping the house in order, the meals on the table. At the same time it seemed ridiculously unfair that she could never have a wife. In fact, if she married, she would be expected to be the wife.”
― Robin Cook, Coma

“Medical school had been a time for imaginary diseases and Martin had contracted almost all of them.”
― Robin Cook, Brain

“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement