“Here's a secret to love," she said. "Always make sure that the man loves you just a breath more than you love him.""Oh Mimi, I love your Papa more than any woman ever loved any man. And still, he loves me a breath more. It's the only healthy way. If a woman loves too much- if her love is heavier- she won't see anything but him. She'll be blind to the world. Women are made like that. We have to teach ourselves not to become obsessed. True love lies in peace, not torture.”

“Do you love her?' she asked him.'Always have,' he said.'Then why in the world would you leave her alone?”

“Love should never be a secret and it should never, ever be forgotten.”

“I loved him, officer. More than any woman ever loved an egg.”

“Her name's Prim. She's just twelve. And I love her more than anything.”

“I loved her more than she loved me, that was the problem. A basic imbalance. Relationships like that never last, however hard you try. And now she's pregnant and in love with a man who'll never love her the way she loves him. It's a series of vicious circles, and the only way to stop it is to find someone who loves you the same. No power struggle. No insecurities. Just friendship. Because you can never be friends with someone if you love them too much.”

“A woman's love for a man is half animal passion and half hate. The more a woman loves a man, the more she hates him.”