“We can take her. Besides, he deserves someone who doesn't shop at Gap Kids. -Rose to Lissa on Mia and Aaron”

“Back to prison. Maybe if you fake a heart attack, I can make a break for it. (Rose Hathaway says to Lissa Dragomir)”

“Isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream about rewarding her folks, or punishing them.”

“Not forgiving someone hurts you worse than it hurts him… even if he doesn't deserve to be forgiven… Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren't the one who put it there.”

“He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.”

“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.”

“When a man mourns for someone who has played him false, it is not for love of her, but for his own humiliation at not having deserved her trust.”

“I was even a little glad that if it wasn’t going to be me she wanted, it was going to be someone who really deserved her.”

“Rose only hangs out with guys and psychopaths," said Mia.

"Well," he said cheerfully, "since I'm both a psychopath and a guy, that would explain why we're such good friends.”

“Just because I don't deserve her doesn't mean I won't fight to keep her.”