“So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.”

“I can't tell him I need him. I can't need him, period -- or really, we can't need each other, because who knows how long either of us will last in this war?”

“We fall. All casualties of the war, Because we cannot hear each other speak,Because eyes have ceased to see the face from the crowd.”

“Because I think that's what love is- everything but children's love, anyway - loving the wounds we give each other, and that we can't help giving each other; you can't stay alive if you don't hurt people.”

“We're all one thing, like cells in a body. 'Cept we can't see the body. The way fish can't see the ocean. And so we envy each other. Hurt each other. Hate each other. How silly is that? A heart cell hating a lung cell.”

“I realized that there were times when we talked not because we needed to communicate anything important, but simply because we each drew comfort from the other's voice”