“I really look forward to that insane hour that we spend together. I really do.”

“I don't want to spend a fortune on my cremation urn, but I really do want to look nice at my memorial service.”

“Men aren't really complicated, Ana, honey. They are very simple, literal creatures. They usually mean what they say. And we spend hours trying to analyze what they've said - when really it's obvious. If I were you, I'd take him literally. That might help.”

“I don't have that many days left," he said as we sat together in the library. "Why would I want to spend them on matters of drainage and overdue accounts? I must husband my hours and spend every one of them wisely. I regret that I didn't come to this realization until I reached fifty years of age. Calpurnia, you would do well to adopt such an attitude at an earlier age. Spend each of your allotted hours with care.”

“Is this what it's like to get close to other people--you do something insane together and then you have to share everything even if you don't really want to?”

“And I never go insane missing something I never really had.”