“It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.”

“It is sad to be an exception. But not to be one is even sadder.”

“To be able to say how much love, is love but little.”

“She is sadder and sadder, and for a man there is no balm more soothing than the sadness he has caused a woman.”

“It's not arrogant to say that you can't figure out the answers to the universe with your internal faith. It's not arrogant to know that there's no omniscient, omnipotent prime mover in the universe who loves you personally. It's not sad to feel that life and the love of your real friends and family is more than enough to make life worth living. Isn't it much sadder to feel that there is a more important love required than the love of the people who have chosen to spend their limited time with you?”

“I mean they don't seem able to love us just the way we are. They don't seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.”