"People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict."

“There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.”

“For Beatrice, when we first met, I was lonely, and you were pretty.Now I am pretty lonely.”

“I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the other does not want to see.”

“Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves them now and that nobody will ever love them, and that they will never have a decent night's sleep again and will spend their lives wandering blearily around a loveless landscape, hoping desperately that their circumstances will improve, but suspecting, in their heart of hearts, that they will remain unloved forever. The best thing to do in these circumstances is to wake somebody else up, so that they can feel this way, too.”