“Our hearts are bound together,' he said, 'and I am free to decide who I love. And what I want. Nothing - not the pressure of my family, or what anyone else thinks - matters.”

“She wasn't to know there was no room for Soren - or any other boy - in my heart. There was only one boy taking up that place.Luca.”

“Maybe if we choose who we love more carefully we limit the possibility of getting hurt.”

“Life presents many challenges...Temptation is one of them.. And free will govern us all. We have the power to choose.”

“To truly love someone you have to see their flaws. See the dark side. The things you don't like.”

“I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent. ”

“I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.”