“If I needed your condescension, I'd ask for it.”
“Harry, I promised you something. I said I'd clear it with you before I asked your mom to marry me. I need you to tell me it's okay if I do.”
“I don't want your futureI don't need your pastOne bright momentIs all I ask”
“...a gallon of condescension, upon everybody...”
“I hear laughter and someone asks if I need help, not in a nice way. I snarl, 'What I need is for your mother to have thought a little harder nine months before your birthday.”
“I needed him like I'd never needed anyone.”