The End of the Affair

“I touched his hand: I could have sworn it was a dead hand. When two people have loved each other, they can't disguise a lack of tenderness in a kiss, and wouldn't I have recognized life if there was any of it left in touching his hand? ... People can love without seeing each other, can't they, they love You all their lives without seeing You, and then he came in at the door, and he was alive ... and I wished he was safely back dead again under the door.”