“August Landry is a 23-year-old college student living in New York City. Her love interest is Jane Su.
Biyu “Jane” Su is a punk lesbian displaced in her time of the 1970s who is stuck in a subway car. Her love interest is August Landry.”
At first Anna sincerely believed that she was displeased with him for daring to pursue her. Soon after her return from Moscow, on arriving at a soirée where she had expected to meet him, and not finding him there, she realized distinctly from the rush of disappointment that she had been deceiving herself, and that this pursuit was not merely not distasteful to her, but that it made the whole interest of her life.
“Yes, I do. Your countenance perfectly informs me that you were in company last night with the person whom you think the most agreeable in the world, the person who interests you at this present time more than all the rest of the world put together.”