"He had few emotions about the war, save that it was bad. Ah well! One side or the other would win. And in either case life would be hard." p. 10

"A black storm breaking out of season! That was what love was like, he thought, love which came too late." p. 10

"The word was like a breaking heart, a sudden peal of stifled bells in a gale, the last syllables of one dying of thirst in the desert. Did she remember Oaxaca?"1 p. 51

"A sense of a shared, a mountain peace seemed to fall between them; it was false, it was a lie, but for a moment it was almost as though they were returning home from marketing in days past." p 67

"...for a moment they stood on the porch without speaking, not holding hands, but with their hands just meeting, as though not quite sure they weren't...