Ian McEwan, Enduring Love Quotes
...I experienced a sudden ache -- part desolation, part panic -- to observe the speed with which this mate, this familiar, was transforming herself into a separate person.
When it's gone, you'll know what a gift love was. You'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.
I've never outgrown that feeling of mild pride, of acceptance, when children take your hand.
