“If love is liking someone an awful lot, then I suppose I'm in love with several people.”

“Cortez looked like someone newly in love, the way only twenty-four-year-olds can look.”

“I don't think I'm the type who falls in love. She was a friend. And we had good sex.”

“I spent the first twenty-five years of my life apologizing for people like Harald because we're family. Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love and I had a few reasons to defend Harald.”

“I'm unhappy. I don't want to fall in love with you. It'll hurt far too much when it's over”

“Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!”

“I mean, I may not hold the record in cleaning house either, but if I've got old milk cartons that smell like maggots I bundle them up and put them out.""I'm on a disability pension'" he said. "I'm socially incompetent.”