“Advice: don't embarrass your bargaining partner by forcing him or her to make all the concessions.”

“You cannot love your partner one moment and attack him or her the next.”

“That's what sailing is, a dance, and your partner is the sea. And with the sea you never take liberties. You ask her, you don't tell her. You have to remember always that she's the leader, not you. You and your boat are dancing to her tune.”

“We talk about issues, but I'm not his adviser, I'm his wife… I find that it's really best not to give your spouse a lot of advice. I don't want a lot of advice from him.”

“All the concessions we make to Eros are holes in our desire for the absolute.”

“I don't think God bargains.”

“… The queen's mocking laughter cut in. "is your treasure, Lord Sheftu?"

"Aye. The greatest treasure in Egypt—a maid whose loyalty cannot be bought. Whatever bargain we make, Daughter of the Sun, must include her freedom.”

“I think, to be what you are, don't take advice from other people. Find your advice in your heart. Yes, find your advice in your heart. It's yours and you keep it. And if you think it's helpful to other people… then share it. I think the things we share are very important.”

“Saying 'I love you' is the only best way of signing a pact with your life partner. Either you surrender your Will to him or him to you!”

“There's no such thing as advice to the lovelorn. If they took advice, they wouldn't be lovelorn. You see, advice and lovelorn don't go together. Because advice makes love sound like some sort of cognitive activity, but we know that it isn't. We all know that it's some sort of horrible chemical reaction over which we have absolutely no control. And that's why advice doesn't work.”