“You are mine, Elena. If you choose to sleep in another bed, I will simply pick you up and bring you home.”

“Must you know that yours will be the “better” picture before you pick up the brush and paint? Can it not simply be another picture? Another expression of beauty?Must a rose be “better” than an iris in order to justify it’s existence?I tell you this: you are all flowers in the Garden of the Gods.”

“On a book by Henry James: "Once you put it down, you simply can't pick it up.”

“Finding a life partner is like choosing a bed. You need one as a friend either in times of health or sickness. Freshness or weariness. Happiness or sadness. And we can be certain that we've picked the right one without having to sleep with it first.”

“I've waited my whole life to sleep with you, Ellie Watt. I can't just pick you up from Safeway.”

“Yes I'll come get you, and I will bring you home. I'll come get you, and I will bring you home.I'll come get you, and I'll say: Welcome home.”