“Uyuşturulmak ve hiçbir şey hissetmeden yaşamak isterdi. Otomatik bir şekilde hareket etmek, bakmak, nefes almak, o kadar. Her şeyi görmek, bilmek ve hiçbir şey söylememek. Fakat anılar var işte, orada duruyorlar hâlâ.”
“He had thought that being with her would make him feel less lonely, but it only gave his loneliness a new stubborn quality, like it was planted down inside him and impossible to kill.”
“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn’t know if she would ever find out where it was and become part of it.”