“Amor deliria nervosa. The deadliest of all deadly things.”
“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 isn't a disease of love. It's a disease of selfishness.”
“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.”
“Love, the deadliest of all deadly things.”