Teresa

“If two people loved, they slept together; it was a mathematical formula, tested and proved by human experience.”
― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

“I couldn't help wondering, is my husband so unattractive that no woman has ever wanted him? Except me, of course. I must have wanted him, in a way, once, but I've forgotten why, and I was too young to know what I was choosing.”
― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“The phoenix must burn to emerge.”
― Janet Fitch, White Oleander