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Jealousy Quotes
She had lost her position as first wife, and then she had heard the sounds from the bridal tent—laughter and muffled cries of pleasure. (1.2.51)
Love Quotes
"For that night alone, I loved Jacob." (1.3.12)
Women and Femininity Quotes
Leah said she kept quiet about her pregnancy to protect Rachel's happiness. (1.2.58)
Spirituality Quotes
"I got religious again and poured the last of the good wine out in the name of Anath the healer." (1.1.78)
Youth Quotes
Rachel stuck out her lower lip in a pout that would have been childlike only a few hours earlier. (1.1.6)
Versions of Reality Quotes
She dreamed of giving birth to a daughter, not a human child but a changeling of some kind, a spirit woman. (1.3.39)
Fear Quotes
Jacob's fear was so great that it had erased all memory of his brother's love. (2.3.78)
Gender Quotes
[…] even the men, for whom the babies held as little fascination as cooking stones, would stoop to run a callused hand across her remarkable cheek. (1.1.15)