“A man is only as good as what he loves.”

“Forgetfulness heals everything and song is the most beautiful manner of forgetting, for in song man feels only what he loves.”

“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”

“Man loves what is small; and he loves what is big, through the same weakness.”

“You said I am a good man," he said. "But I am not that good a man. And I am--I am catastrophically in love with you.”

“What you are is a man who means to be good, and undo the bad he’s done, and that’s as good as any man ever gets.”

“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”

“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”

“Men aren't stupid, and you don't need a complicated set of rules to find a good one who loves you. Here's the only rule you need: if a man loves you, he will do anything he can to keep you around. Anything.”

“Man is not a rational animal. He is only truly good or great when he acts from passion.”