Quotes from Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings

If someone said 'diametrically, ' could 'opposed' be far behind?

There was no life Dennis burned to live except, it seemed, a life that wasn't depressed.

But clearly life took people and shook them around until finally they were unrecognizable even to those who had once known them well. Still, there was power in once having known someone.

After a certain age, you felt a need not to be alone. It grew stronger, like a radio frequency, until finally it was so powerful that you were forced to do something about it.