“What begins very badly can only get better.”

“A man cannot own a woman, cousin. He can only... He can only love her.”

“A man whose yesterdays rest on his horizon travels forward into his past. The result is that he goes a very long way to nowhere.”

“I strike fear into you because I am a man?""It isn't funny.""I do not laugh. It is a sad thing, yes, that your husband is a man. A very terrible thing.”

“Afterward, she hooked a limp arm around his neck, buried her face against his shoulder, and whispered, "Don't ever get hypothermia with anyone but me.”

“Parker: When can you start?Rainie: I can start tomorrow if you'd like. My schedule is pretty much open. All I have to keep me at home is Thomas.Parker: Ah. It figures that there'd be a man in the picture. You're too lovely to be unattached.Rainie: Thomas is a cat.”

“Oh, yes, how remiss of me. I forgot that you can have an entire herd of wives.”