“In love, you have loosened yourself like seawater”

“For ridding oneself of faith is like boiling seawater to retrieve the salt--something is gained but something is lost.”

“Betraying who you love is like betraying yourself!”

“I had been right: freedom smelled like ozone and thunderstorms and gunpowder all at once, like snow and bonfires and cut grass, it tasted like seawater and oranges.”

“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.”

“If you begin by sacrificing yourself to those you love, you will end by hating those to whom you have sacrificed yourself.”

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

“Loosen up. I need reverence like I need a skateboard.”

“The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation.”

“What do you care? You always liked loneliness better than you liked people. No offence — liking yourself’s the beginning of all love.”