“an unlovely gaggle of contrary old codgers".”

“Shouldn't a real city have at least one building with an elevator?”

“Don't even tell me you're going to pull the old 'we both have to be naked' thing to warm you up, she mumbled.”

“I'm allergic to rocks hitting me in the face.”

“...we can love someone without understanding that person.”

“The problem with growing up fearing and expecting rejection is that you cannot enter into adult relationship in the expectation of happiness.”

“...for if we try to go on protecting them we prevent them from growing up to be ordinary, confident adults, capable of looking after themselves.”