“ 'You love her without willing it or wanting it, and that is the most exquisite pain of all.' ”
“She knew all about love—that beautiful, exquisitely painful but precious journey.”
“Exquisitely painful, isn't it? Not being sure who you love and loves you? -Aphrodite”
“Jimmy: (in a low, resigned voice) They all want to scape from the pain of being alive. And, most of all, from love. (...) It's no good to fool yourself about love. You can't fall into it like a soft job, without dirtying up your hands.”
“If love was a choice, who would ever choose such exquisite pain?”
“You will never know the exquisite pain of the guy who goes home alone. Cause without the bitter, baby, the sweet ain't as sweet.”