“...you have not only a very large portion of my affection and esteem, but all that I am capable of feeling...”

“If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.”

“I am still capable of feeling used. I am still capable of having a sexual experience that makes me feel like my entire life has been a mean joke.”

“It is supposed to be the truth." He stared at me and my breath caught in my throat. "If I were a better man, I would be able to show you the love and affection you deserve. As I am not, I can only offer you what I'm capable of giving. But I assure you, just because I do not show it, doesn't mean I do not feel it.”

“Empty in this dirt and flat on my backboth hands gripped tightly and widely around my bare neckthe truth of it all is i am very capable of loveit's just that im not capable of letting you goand it goes, and it goes, and it goes, and it goes”

“I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold and very well-made. I hate small portions of anything, particularly when they taste bad.”