“Juliet and Romeo be damned, you can't be in love until you've flossed your teeth next to the person at least three hundred times…”

“I know you guys are living out your own private Romeo and Juliet love story, but remember: Both of them die in Act V.”

“It was hard to feel the right emotions at the right times. They didn’t come at all when you set a place for them, and they sacked when you weren’t ready, when you were just innocently flossing your teeth, for example, or eating a bowl of cereal.”

“After all, damn it, what does being in love mean if you can't trust a person.”

“With Romeo and Juliet, you're talking about two people who meet one night, and get married the same night. I believe in love at first sight-but it hasn't happened to me yet.”

“Sometimes you can't realize you're in a bad mood until another person enters your orbit.”

“This is love, to sit with someone you've known forever in a place you've been meaning to go, and watching as their life happens to them until you stand up and it's time to go.”

“He could be standing next to you, the person that you notice least.”

“You've got to have something to eat, and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.”

“You can't love anyone or anything until you love your own existence first. Love can only grow out of a respect for your own life.”