“Mine. The language of love is like that, possessive. That should be the first warning that it's not going to encourage anyone's betterment.”
“Stand warned, lovelies. Initiates are encouraged to teach you cruelty. An you should thank them for it. For to understand cruelty is to know strength.”
“BE INSPIRED...REMAIN ENCOURAGED AND CONTINUE TO EDUCATE"READ...(WARNING)Don't Go There...This is her story.”
“Unlike lovers they possessed no past; unlike man and wife, they possessed no future; yet up to in this morning Nicole had liked Abe better than anyone except Dick--and he had been heavy, belly-frightened, with love for her for years.”
“Reality prior to my language exists as an unthinkable thought. . . . life precedes love, bodily matter precedes the body, and one day in its turn language shall have preceded possession of silence.”
“Earth's the right place for love. I don't know where it's likely to go better.”