“It feels good, honey, but it isn't love.”

“For isn't the artist by nature a revolutionary?”

“In a family, what isn't spoken is what you listen for. But the noise of a family is to drown it out.”

“It isn't the subjects we write about but the seriousness and subtlety of our expression that determines the worth of or effort.”

“Like a flame is real enough, isn't it, while it's burning?-even if there's a time it goes out?”

“From Mother you will inherit the belief that you can journey to your fate, there's a place to be located on a map that's destiny. If only you can get there. If it isn't too late. If no one stops you.”

“Why should I want what's good for me?' Beatrice asked him, smiling. 'Is that what you want for yourself - only what's good for you?”