“You can fix a bad page. You can't fix a blank one.”

“I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank page.”

“You can fix anything but a blank page.”

“You can't edit a blank page”

“Do you want to fix it?""I just said I was in love with her. Why wouldn't I want to fix it?""You want to know how?""Goddamn it, Del." He drank again. "Yes, since you're so fucking smart. How do I fix it?""Crawl."Jack blew out a breath. "I can do that".”

“You don't fix a man the way you do a fault in a pipe or a leak in a roof. You take him as he is, Mary Brenna, or you don't take him at all...adjustments can't be all made on one side, darling, else the balance goes off and what's being built just falls down.”

“Tom: If you love with kindness, even when you can't love with permanence, you'll deserve the one who's worthy along that path for you.”