“Everything becomes symbol and irony when you've been betrayed”

“I want to know if you've touched the center of your own sorrow, if you've been opened by life's betrayals, or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.”

“The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that much evil”

“If we chose to refuse irony, we risk becoming irony's dupe.”

“How absurd life becomes with someone else: everything is interpreted; even the most trivial thing is imbued with symbolic value.”

“You see, all that I ever held dear has been taken from me," she said in a matter-of-fact tone. "And when you've lost everything-" Her facade began to crumble, and her voice broke, but she made herself carry on. "When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.”