“Without love everything can be nothing. Does that make me want to love? No. For me, Ignorance is still better than martyrdom.”

“Love is the strongest force there is. There is no stronger healing power than love. Love is pure magic. Love transforms people without really does anything. The mere presence of love transforms people. There is nothing more holy than love since love makes people whole.”

“It was the particular feel of him that made me want to go back: everything that is said is said underneath, where, if it does matter, to acknowledge it is to let on to your embarrassment. That I love you makes me want to run and hide.”

“And how can it be he's so in love with me? To grow up without love, and still have so much inside?”

“Without acquainting me with the language or the literature or the oral family histories which my ancestors had loved, they volunteered to make me ignorant and rootless as proof of their patriotism.”

“And I felt closer to you. Because you knew me so much better than I'd realized - and still loved me.”