“Falling in love was not really a choice; it just struck me.”

“Men don't need linguistic talent; they just need courage and words.”

“...if patterns of human love subtly change, all sorts of social and political atrocities can escalate.”

“Personality is composed of two fundamentally different types of traits: those of 'character;' and those of 'temperament.' Your character traits stem from your experiences. Your childhood games; your family's interests and values; how people in your community express love and hate; what relatives and friends regard as courteous or perilous; how those around you worship; what they sing; when they laugh; how they make a living and relax: innumerable cultural forces build your unique set of character traits. The balance of your personality is your temperament, all the biologically based tendencies that contribute to your consistent patterns of feeling, thinking and behaving. As Spanish philosopher, Jose Ortega y Gasset, put it, 'I am, plus my circumstances.' Temperament is the 'I am,' the foundation of who you are.”

“Love is illogical. You fall into it like a manhole. Then you're just stuck. You die in love more than you live in love.”

“What worries me is, what if this guy is really the one for me and I just haven't had enough therapy yet for me to be comfortable with having found him.”

“Stay with me”…“I don’t have a choice,” I told him.“You do. Choose me, Soph.”