“A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.”

“I was never really a girl, or a woman, or a human being to Raven, Case. Even though he did awful things for me. I was a symbol, an expiation, and when I insisted on becoming a person he did the only thing he could do to keep on serving the symbol and not have to deal with a flesh-and-blood woman.”

“I hate being a writer. i tend to stick my emotions in things that cannot reciprocate. I've become a whore for my craft.”

“Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is very tired, hurt and bewildered.”

“Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.”

“How absurd life becomes with someone else: everything is interpreted; even the most trivial thing is imbued with symbolic value.”