“People like hurting each other but loving is not a waste.”

“I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk.”

“We swore to take care of each other. To never hurt each other. To love each other unending...”

“Because I think that's what love is- everything but children's love, anyway - loving the wounds we give each other, and that we can't help giving each other; you can't stay alive if you don't hurt people.”

“Early love is exciting and exhilarating. It's light and bubbly. Anyone can love like that. But after three children, after a separation and a near-divorce, after you've hurt each other and forgiven each other, bored each other and surprised each other, after you've seen the worst and the best-- well, that sort of love is ineffable. It deserves its own word.”

“What is the matter with these people, these people who won't stop fighting, won't stop hurting each other...?”