Ellen Sussman

“And Philippe won't speak English. She's sure he can - he's got that European je ne sais quoi that usually means "Oh, I speak six languages. And a little Japanese.”

“The only thing that lasts is love, even when it's gone.”

“What are your drawn to?"..."Language, Words, No, not teaching. Perhaps one day I'll write something.”

“We need each other. All of us. We cannot be alone.”

“You made me feel good today. Thanks. But it ain't love”

“We don't need to talk. We need to love.”

“We imagine love so easily.""Yes. That's the simple part.”

“I can't leave you behind. You're with me all the time.”

“Say you'll come with me to Paris.""Je t'aime.”

“You know what he taught me? He taught me to feel more. He taught me to give myself over to feelings. And now that's all I have. I'm swamped by them. I can't breathe because I feel so damn much.”

“You're not in love. You're a wonderful flirt, though. You can put that on your resume.”

“But you love her. You could love her.”

“Perhaps you're not crazy, but you're very creative.”

“Our parents don't know us... They can't know us. We hide ourselves from them. Once they knew everything about us and in order to escape them we keep out secrets, our private selves.”

“..I learned that there's a kind of love which must feel like coming home,...”

“They're all true. They all could have happened.”

“Why does naming a thing give it so much power?”

“Sometimes we have to run away from ourselves in order to find ourselves.”