“There is nothing shameful in wanting, Venetia. There's only shame in not getting.”
“Darren, everybody cries when they get stabbed. There's no shame in that.”
“There's no shame in being crazy...”
“There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
“There's no shame in enjoying the quiet life.”
“What's the fun in standing in the outskirts of love and feeling superior? There's no shame in having got it wrong. Whereas its a shame when you don't even give yourself the chance of getting it right. Better to have loved and lost...”