“You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.”

“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask... with nothing beneath it?”

“It's a terrible thing to be alone -- yes it is -- it is -- but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath -- as terrible as you like -- but a mask.”

“Who are you, Dorothy?" she said beneath her breath. "Who were you, before you became Ma?”

“If you want a loverI'll do anything you ask me to.And if you want another kind of loveI'll wear a mask for you.”

“God hasn't forgotten you, God will never forget you. He says He will never leave you comfortless, and He won't. You can't use Him up or wear Him out. Hang on to him. He wont forget you. So please don't forget Him.”