“Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found.”

“It seems like it has been forever. But i getbthe feeling that forever hasn't even started yet.”

“Joan was nothing more than a friend. He was not in love with her. One does not fall in love with a girl whom one has met only three times. One is attracted, yes; but one does not fall in love. A moment's reflection enabled him to diagnose his sensations correctly. This odd impulse to leap across the compartment and kiss Joan was not love. It was merely the natural desire of a good-hearted young man to be decently chummy with his species.”

“The best thing to do if you start thinking such things (falling in love) is to lie down and wait for it to pass. It always does.”

“Much has been said about Robert, and more will be added. Young men will adopt his gait. Young girls will wear white dresses and mourn his curls. He will be condemned and adored. His excesses damned or romanticized. In the end, truth will be found in his work, the corporeal body of the artist. It will not fall away. Man cannot judge it. For art sings of God, and ultimately belongs to him.”

“I have never yet found that the advice of a Sister could prevent a young Man's being in love if he chose it.”