“I'm trying to be inspiring! I'm trying to lift your grubby soul for the great adventure that lies ahead of you!”

“I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that.”

“I love him, she thought. I'm just not in love with him and also I don't love him. I've tried, I've strained to love him but I can't. I am building a life with a man I don't love, and I don't know what to do about it.”

“Sorry' he said. 'No, I'm sorry.' 'What are you sorry for?' 'Rattling on like a mad old cow. I'm sorry, I'm tired, bad day, and I'm sorry for being so...boring.' 'You're not that boring.' 'I am, Dex. God, I swear I bore myself.' 'Well, you don't bore me.' He took her hand in his. 'You could never bore me. You're one in a million, Em.”

“When will you stop trying to educate me, I wonder? Never I hope.”

“…and you smile back and try not to think about the fact that you have nothing, absolutely nothing, to say to each other.”

“Oh you know me. I have no emotions. I'm a robot. Or a nun. A robot nun.”