“When that piece makes sense, everything else starts to.”

“Where everyone else sees a straight line, you see a maze, and when I'm done talking to you, the maze starts to make more sense
--Reply by Dove to Aly's silent inquiry”

“Love starts when we push aside our ego and make room for someone else.”

“There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.”

“When all else fails, start a band.”

“Everything makes sense a bit at a time. But when you try to think of it all at once, it comes out wrong.”

“A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, "Huh. It works. It makes sense."”

“When we’re doing an action game, we make the second level first. We begin making level 1 once everything else is completed.”

“If we do not have rule of law and effective and transparent judiciary, everything else will start crumbling down.”

“Now I understand. When you love someone, you have to try things even if they don't make sense to anyone else.”