You can think something is one way all your life, and it turns out you're wrong, it can be something else entirely.

It's because we live in a beauty-obsessed society where the most important thing a woman can do is make herself attractive to men.

Life was all about consequences

She felt detached from all aspects of her life. She had no time anymore to feel. All that time she used to waste feeling, and analyzing her feelings, as if they were a matter of national significance.

They would think she was savoring the taste (blueberries, cinnamon, cream-excellent), but she was actually savoring the whole morning, trying to catch it, pin it down, keep it safe before all those precious moments became yet another memory.

Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever.

It's about making a choice to make your marriage a priority, to, kind of, put that at the top of the page, as your mission statement or something.