“It is simple and brutal: a person can get used to anything, even to killing.”

“A person can get used to just about anything if it happens slow enough.”

“He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a feeling for pleasure.”

“Most of my ideas were rejected and I got used to it. One can get fond of almost anything, even rejection.”

“One can bear anything. The pain we cannot bear will kill us outright.”

“We have been given a gift that is really, really precious. It’s simple. It isn’t going to get us anything. It isn’t there to augment anything. It’s there for us to be able to experience something that is within ourselves. It is not there to change our religions, our practices, our daily lives. But it is only there for one reason, for one reason alone. Simple happiness. Simple joy.”

“If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.”

“He glared at her. Women can get a man to do anything, he realized. Mother, wife, even employee; they twist us like hot little bits of thermoplastic.”

“Fifteen minutes later I was an expert. That's all you need. I think I was even getting the upper hand, which is very simple with a guy. Anything seems to turn them on.”

“You can get used to anything, I guess, if you've been there enough.”