“When a man takes a woman for granted, he still looks for reassurance that she is still right there.”

“If a woman could take care of herself, would she still need a man? Would she even want one? And if she didn't want a man, what kind of woman would she be? Would she even be a woman? Because it seemed if you were a woman, the only thing you were really supposed to want was a man.”

“A man could settle down and still be inspired," he said. "That's all it is. She's a woman who inspires.”

“If a man is in the forest and there is no woman around, is he still wrong?”

“A man may fight the greatest enemy, take the longest journey, survive the most grievous wound -- and still be helpless in the hands of the woman he loves.”

“And still, what a risk he'd taken. The woman was like an amateur car bomb: you never knew when she would explode or who she would take down with her when she did.”