“Is negative space the space you don't like, or the space that is not there? And if it's not there how can you tell?”

“I love you like my own sister. Which is why I won't hesitate to tell you that I don't believe it.”

“If you were anyone else, I'd tell you it's unbecoming to gloat."But you'd tell me..."That even gloating becomes you. It's a sad thing, an intelligent woman in love.”

“There are at least two sets of Rules for Life, as far as I can tell. There are the ones that get you picked up by the cops or taken to the assistant principal's office if you break them: Don't leave school grounds, don't spray paint stop signs, don't drink, ,don't drop firecrackers in the toliets.But there's a different set that you really can't break if you don't want your life to suck relentlessly. At the head of the list, Rule Number One: Don't get noticed. As long as you stay exactly the person everyone thinks you're supposed to be, you're fine.”

“If I had to, I'd fight it like death itself. But with you, I don't have to.”

“The way to get through normal life is to pretend it isn't getting to you. If you let on that you're hurt, the other animals will turn on you and tear you to pieces. Don't attract the attention of predators.”

“You may attack royalty, or deny its will, but you must never, never ignore it”