“Take all away. I am content to knowSuch love is mine-for life is all too briefTo grieve for pleasures bringing only grief;Give me but You; it is enough just so.”

“You can take my life, but you'll never break me. So bring me your worst...And I will definitely give you mine.”

“Count this as a mere taste, sweetheart, of all the pleasure I can give you. Marry me and let me show you more. Be mine, and I'll take you on a journey the likes of which you've ever only imagined. ~~ Adam to Mallory”

“A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away”

“As for me, said the little marquise, I am too used to being a girl, and I want to remain one all my life. How could I bring myself to wear a man's hat?And I, said the marquis, have used a sword more than once without disgracing myself. I'll tell you about my adventures some day. Let's continue as we are, then. Beautiful marquise, enjoy all the pleasures of your sex, and I shall enjoy all the pleasures of mine.”

“Why does the life everlasting have to be won at such terrible cost? If the lifeeverlasting is true, why can it be achieved only through death, through grief, andthrough agony? What kind of God is it who gives us the world and everything in it,and the capabiliiy of loving so fiercely, and then takes it all away?”