“Self-respect. It would make me lovable. And it's the secret to good sex.”

“4912. There is no Man so bad, but has a secret Respect for the good.”

“If you want to be loved, be a lovable. It's a good place to start.”

“What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal.”

“Justice is a virtue, but not one that makes people lovable.”

“Years of secret suffering had taught me superhuman self-control.”

“Our achievements may make us interesting, Tyler, but our darkness makes us lovable.”

“Although he had reached a high stage of self-discipline and bore his last wound well, he now felt as if these ordinary people were his brothers. Their vanities, desires, and trivialities no longer seemed absurd to him; they had become understandable, lovable, and even worthy of respect.”

“Familiarity with your lover is what initially makes sex really good.”

“Revenge! No — what good would that do? — it would make him no better, and me no happier.”