“It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.”

“I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.”

“I just didn't want to be a loser anymore...-Mitsuko Souma”

“It wasn't that I wanted to be a writer; I just didn't want to be stupid.”

“If you are a believer married to an unbeliever I want to tell you that the greatest witness that you can be to them is to try to be the same all the time. Don't let the way they act control you. Dave didn't let my actions control him. He stayed happy, and that just made me madder, because unhappy people just want to make other people unhappy, but it finally broke through to me that he's got a stability and a joy and a peace that I did not have.”

“I'm only saying I want you to be happy. I hate your being unhappy. I don't mind anything you do that makes you happy."You just want an excuse. If I sleep with anybody else, you feel you can do the same - any time."That's neither here nor there. I want you to be happy, that's all."You'd make my bed for me?"Perhaps.”