“Can you make yourself love? Can you make yourself loved?-Lena Kaligaris”

“I feel like I should love them right away. But how do you do that? You can't make yourself love someone, can you?”

“It was frustrating when people loved you and took an interest in you and sometimes worried about you and personally cared what you did with yourself. Lena wished that love were something you could flip on and off. You could turn it on when you felt good bout yourself and worthy of it and generous enough to return it. You could clip it off when you needed to hide or self-destruct and had nothing at all to give." (Lena, 194)”

“Don't ask me any questions right now. I'm grumpy and I'll probablly make fun of you.-Effie Kaligaris”

“Lena wished that love were something you could flip on and off. You could turn it on when you felt good about yourself and worthy of it and generous enough to return it. You could flip it off when you needed to hide or self-destruct ad had nothing at all to give.”

“What you leave behind is the people you loved. You leave yourself in them.”

“Please believe him. Keep your heart open to him. He can make you happy. He has always loved you, and you once loved him with all your heart.”