“To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, but to be loved by the one you love is everything”

“Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.”

“We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear.”

“It's easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.”

“If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, even in one's enemies.”

“The only important statistic is the final score.”

“I’ve got nothing against outsiders, per se, you understand. It’s just that you have to love a town before you can live in it right, and you have to live in it before you can love it right. Otherwise, you’re a parasite of sorts.”