“I know how difficult it can be when the image you've had of something doesn't match its reality; when the friend beside you turns into a monster.”

“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.”

“When you already believe something, how can you suddenly stop? When you are a loyal friend, how can you no longer be one?”

“That's the trouble, you see. When you've had hatred on your tongue for such a long time, you don't know how to spit it out.”

“Painting is not very difficult when you don't know how; but when you know, oh! then, it's another matter.”

“Just because he has black fingernails doesn't mean he's a monster-that's how you've defended yourself for years.”

“My father always used
to say that when you die,
if you've got five real friends,
then you've had a great life.”

“Girls you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page.”

“You know how I always seem to be struggling, even when the situation doesn't call for it?”

“How do I know I can trust you?'

'You can't,' he said bluntly. 'You've got to take it on faith that the enemy of your enemy is your friend.”