“I need you,ʺ said Lissa.
ʺI hear that from women a lot,ʺ said Adrian.”

“ʺWe need someone to get the roomʹs attention,ʺ I said. ʺSomeone not afraid to make a spectacle—I mean, besides me, of course.ʺ”

“What's going on?" he asked, looking from face to face. "I was having a good dream."
"I need you," said Lisa.
"I hear that from women a lot.”

“Atheist is really ʺa thoroughly honest, unambiguous term,ʺ it admits of no paltering and of no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is for clear‐cut issues and unambiguous speech.”

“Rose? Is that you?" I peered behind him. Lissa. "What are you doing here?"
"What are you doing here?" She asked
"Ladies, ladies" he said teasingly. "No need to fight over me."
I glared. "We're not.”

“I said, “I need to hear something that’s going to save my life.”

Re: Selecting songs from a jukebox.”

“I'm not really qualified to install a security system," said Dimitri.
"Really? There's something you can't do?" Adrian's voice was so soft that I could barely hear him, and he was sitting right next to me.”

“Freud said he didn’t know what women wanted. I know what women want. They want a whole lot of people to talk to.”

“I did not hear what you said, but I absolutely disagree with you.”

“She said, "Do you have more things that you need, or more that you don't need?" I said, "It depends on what it means to need.”