“if you have to say “no offense” to someone, you have already offended them.”

“It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.”

“And eternity is a long time. So if you have to spend it with someone I could see wanting to spend it with someone impossible...but interesting....”

“If it weren't for me inviting Meena Harper over for dinner that night, the two of you would never have met, and this whole horrible mess would never have happened..."She paused dramatically, as if waiting for someone to jump in and say, Oh no, Mary Lou. None of this was you fault."But," Mary Lou went on, a little less self-confidently, "if I hadnt then you, Lucien, would just have gone on through eternity never knowing what true love is. And then how would you have felt?""Considerably better than I've felt over the course of the past six months, I imagine," he replied.”

“But I intend to enjoy the weeks I have left with you to the fullest. Because I know from my study of the philosophy of time, whatever is going to happen in the future is already unavoidable.”

“Remember... life is short. Each moment you have is precious. Treasure every second. Don't spend them doing anything you don't love.”

“I hate confrontations. It's so much easier to walk away than it is to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.”