“You know how it is. Someone pretends to love you, and you give too much away.”

“He pried Clara's arms loose and stood up, smoothing his wrinkled coat. Clara looked straight into his face. Her eyelids were red, but her gaze was like a lance. Dr. Wintermute had a sudden, uncomfortable conviction that she had seen into his soul. It was a look he was to remember often in the weeks to come.”

“on the morning of the best day of her life, Maude Flynn was locked in the outhouse singing 'the Battle Hymn of the Republic”

“Maybe this is all love is and all it will ever be-- boys fucking girls and pretending it's love, girls getting fucked and pretending they like it, saying "I love you, too," and wanting to throw up.”

“How can you make someone love you when they won't? How long are you supposed to keep trying?”

“He said "Love...as I have loved you." We cannot love too much.”

“How can you leave someone if you let them this deep inside you? It's so much harder that way. Messy. Complicated. No Band-Aids.”