““Old age made you discover that it wasn't the big mistakes but the small ones that laid claim to your regrets. That she had not brought more pleasure into Leon's life - this now caused her more heartache than anything she could or could not have done to save his life. How stingy she'd been to rush off somewhere when he wanted her to sit and listen to a joke. How she'd rolled her eyes at his entertainments, his 'frivolity,' when all along it was only her he wanted to make laugh. How parsimonious not to make love more often, to turn away from his desire because she was too tired, not to tell him at every opportunity how much he meant to her.””
