“If he were less well trained, and less careful, he would say hate. But he can’t say it; it is too close to passion, and passion is too close to love, and love is amor deliria nervosa, the deadliest of all deadly things: It is the reason for the games of pretend, for the secret selves, for the spasms in the throat.”

“Amor deliria nervosa. The deadliest of all deadly things.”

“It was craziness. Amor deliria nervosa. The deadliest of all deadly things.”

“Amor deliria nervosa isn't a disease of love. It's a disease of selfishness.”

“Love, the deadliest of all deadly things.”

“Amor deliria nervosa: It affects your mind so that you cannot think clearly, or make rational decisions about your own well-being. Symptom number twelve.”

“They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it, and when you don't.”