Daniel Avila Quotes in The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

Daniel Avila: Can we at least agree that human beings need human connection. You know... companionship, conversation, sex.

Allegra: You get those things from mom, Jocelyn gets those things from her dogs.

Daniel Avila: [speaking to Sylvia after running into her with the woman he left her for] I'm sorry, we don't shop on this side of town, ever. Sorry. You can have this Whole Foods. We won't ever use it again, ok?

Sylvia Avila: I was thinking just this morning about this book club we're in, Allegra and me. The first meeting was right after we separated, 'cause Allegra had just moved in. And I was realizing how different I feel. I don't think I'm the same woman that you left.

Daniel Avila: I can see that. I so see that.

Sylvia Avila: Well, it's probably the same for you. I guess that's what happens when you let go. We did a good job taking things apart. I'm kinda proud of us.

Daniel Avila: I was just thinking about something Allegra said at Jocelyn's the other day...so we're talking about how we all need to have connection, you know, conversation, sex, companionship, and Allegra says, "Well, you get all that from Mommy." I have to tell you, it really made me sad.

Sylvia Avila: Aw, baby, she'll find somebody.

Daniel Avila: No, it made me sad for us, because I've been struggling with whether a marriage can sustain all of that over, uh, over 20+ years or if it's just inevitable that after a certain amount of time-- maybe being with somebody else can have a renewing effect, because for me-- I've been seeing a woman at work. We've been together 6 months now . . . We, we can't think of this as a failure. We have had a very successful marriage. We've had a long marriage, by any standard. We got 3 wonderful kids. They're grown, they're working, they're--

Sylvia Avila: Just open the damn door, Daniel, I need a tissue.

Daniel Avila: The kids, that's, that's all you, you know, you made all the sacrifices, I know. But there's a logic to us quitting while we're ahead, and I think they'll be able to see that, you know?

Sylvia Avila: I don't understand a single word of what you're saying, Daniel.