“This is what it means to be loved... when someone wants to touch you, to be tender...”

“You know what love means? It means loving the person you are now and not the person you want someone to be or the person they will be.”

“I love you, man. You rule! Thanks for the food. It touches me deep in my tender place. (Sway)I don’t want to know nothing about your tender place, you freak. (Devyn)”

“When you touch someone that you love, the whole world changes.”

“I wanted what most people wanted—love, companionship.I wanted someone to touch. I wanted someone to touch me back.I wanted someone to laugh with, someone who would laugh with me, laugh at me.I wanted someone who looked and sawme . Not my power, not my position.I wanted someone to say my name. To call out, “Merit,” when it was time to go, or when we arrived.Someone who wanted to say to someone else, with pride, “I’m here with her. With Merit.”I wanted all those things. Indivisibly.But I didn’t want them from Morgan.”

“Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.”