“Love is a kind of symptom that arises through the repression of libido.”

“And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.”

“So, once again, I ignored my poor, repressed libido--which was currently clamoring for me to lure Ryu behind the counter and knock him out with an unabridged dictionary in order to make him mine--and went ahead and started in on what he wanted to know.”

“The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness.”

“Future warns us through current symptoms in nature.”

“After Reason had left the dining room, Valor’s mouth softened into smile. “Let us know if you have any symptoms.”“Symptoms?” I asked, and jerked my gaze to his eyes. “What kind of symptoms?”“Tell us if your fingernails turn to stone,” Victor chuckled.”