“Those corrupted by the pursuit of power, despite another's attempt at unspoiled love, cannot be rescued from the darkness that devours the soul”

“Go. Do what you have to do. Be the hero that you are … but come back to me. There’s more to Noah McCall than the head of Last Chance Rescue. I see that man.… I love them both. Return to me, Noah. Please. - Mara to Noah”

“You will get no poetry from me, nor songs of love. But I will love you, every day for the rest of my life.”

“The pursuit of truth, not of facts, is the business of fiction.”

“Class is not defined by our circumstances - it is our reaction to those circumstances that defines who we are.”

“Is not the semblance of guilt, however slight the tinge, already a corruption?”

“It's a very brave thing for anyone to do, offering love to another person. We make ourselves so vulnerable when we do it, don't we? We give that other person such power to hurt us and to rob us of our dignity. No one should ever belittle that gift, nor the giver.”