“She says that the problem with passive people is that they force you to take action. After that, they hate you for it. They never forgive you.”

“This is passive-aggression in action.”

“This isn't about love and hate," Helen says. It's about control. People don't sit down and read a poem to kill their child. They just want the child tosleep. They just want to dominate. No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have your own way. The masochist bullies the sadist intoaction. The most passive person is actually an aggressor.”

“The problem with every story is you tell it after the fact.”

“When you don't share your problems, you resent hearing the problems of other people.”

“The problem is, if you never weep in public... well, the public assumes you never weep.”

“The magic of sex is it's acquisition without the burden of possession. No matter how many women you take home, there's never a storage problem.”