“Closeness means you get hurt; closeness means letting down your defences and letting people see the tender skin under the carapace.”

“Just because women can bear children doesn't mean they're unable to harbour the same sort of career ambitions as a man.”

“Do you know that an Irishman always respond to a question with another?"And the Irish guy replies "Who told you that?”

“Women are programmed to think they’re the only screw-up in the universe and men are programmed to think they’re the smartest creatures in the universe.”

“Life is about love. It's about whom you love and whom you hurt. Life's about how you love yourself and how you hurt yourself. Life's about how you love and hurt the people close to you. Life is about how you love and hurt the people who just cross your path for a moment. Life is about love.”

“Whatever it was, it was something you could dance to, or lie down on the floor, close your eyes, and weep to.”

“Sometimes things are so insanely private, you don't even want to talk about them with yourself. Don't talk about them, don't wrestle with them, don't let them run you over. Let it be.”