“That there are only two things that really matter in life. Literature and love.” — Daphne Kalotay Books Copy Share Image
“It wasn't that she didn't believe in love; but she no longer believed in it for herself.” — Daphne Kalotay Believe in love Copy Share Image
“...the way the diamond caused people to reasses her--their palpable appreciation that Drew was loved by someone, was someone worth loving” — Daphne Kalotay Gratitude Copy Share Image
“...there are only two things that really matter in life. Literature and love.” — Daphne Kalotay Books Copy Share Image
“Even now she felt the need to add, "At a certain point I realized that everyone has something like this." "What do… — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“...she immediately became the person they believed her to be: a peculiar, impatient girl, attractive enough yet too old and odd for… — Daphne Kalotay Person Believed Copy Share Image
“No, solitude did not trouble her. She could spend long minutes gazing out the window, hours listening to the BBC on the… — Daphne Kalotay Freedom Copy Share Image
“I remember when I left Hungary," Zoltan said, "understanding so completely that literature could save me as much as it could get… — Daphne Kalotay Books Copy Share Image
“It was the comfort of knowing that she was not quite so strange, that there were other people who found delight in… — Daphne Kalotay Heart Copy Share Image
“...She looked at the people around her and felt not just that she was surrounded by strangers, but that she herself was… — Daphne Kalotay Heart Copy Share Image
“How lucky Drew was to have this mother of hers, this constant, reliable, if at times irritating presence in her life--this mother,… — Daphne Kalotay Life Copy Share Image
“One needed, she saw now, only a few belongings, just as one needed only a few close friends, and a single passion… — Daphne Kalotay Close friends Copy Share Image
“Even the grandest lives come down to a few people and places. Loved ones, your daily work, your neighborhood. I don't mean… — Daphne Kalotay Daily work Copy Share Image
“Just like with love. It's all or nothing. ... That's why love is dangerous. We stand up for love. We take risks.… — Daphne Kalotay Like love Copy Share Image
“Of course he knew what kinds of thoughts these were: the not-always-true ones, conveniently forgetting the other times, when he and Christine… — Daphne Kalotay Bickering Copy Share Image
