“I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like, part of you for good.”

“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.”

“It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving.”

“Love is a one-way street. Love, like respect isn't something you get; it's something you give”

“To draw something is to try to capture it FOREVER, if you really love something, you never try to keep it the way it is forever. You have to let it be free to change”

“The ways of love are strange and hard: the love you want is always barred; the love you have you want to change. The ways of love are hard and strange.”

“I love arguing with you, Claire. You always surprise me. And occasionally, you even make sense.”

“To love implies that I respect you/ Even though I may not like you always./ Love means that I freely revere you/ And leave you free even not to respond to me.”

“I have this theory about words: There’s a thousand ways to say "Pass the salt." It could mean, you know, "Can I have some salt?" or it could mean, "I love you." It could mean "I’m very annoyed with you" – really, the list could go on and on. Words are little bombs, and they have a lot of energy inside them.”

“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”