“The crowded city streets, the chaos of disorderly lives nothing could keep her from wreaking love. She always wanted to let go, and I always wanted to own. She always had it coming, and I never ha...”

“If she wanted you, her eyes would buy you out - and you wont even know it. Shewas three parts devil, and two parts human; and what remained - unchainedspirit.”

“Honesty is not a virtue, it is a luxury. Most, who struggle to put bread on the table, face this question every day. And hunger wins this game almost every time, beta (son).”

“This is how you will remember that you are mine. Every painful touch, everyaching hug, will remind you - that you are a slave - to me.”

“Sometimes the only way to keep love, is to let it go.”

“Should I really set her free, and free myself too of the fear - the fear of missing her, forever? Is that what my love for her is leaving me with?”

“We are on strike, we, the men of the mind.We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma ...”

“If only it were possible to love without injury fidelity isnt enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body...”

“She looks at the swings, and I can see shes imagining what theyd look like if the kids werent there. The guilt of this holds her down momentarily. It appears to be there constantly. Never far away,...”

“I guess I was lucky I didn't drown, or smother in the thick, black, icy mud that the river left behind in its slow withdrawal back within its banks.I didn't feel lucky.When I regained consciousness...”

“Love you always, miss you always... running day and night, leaving the place of sun and moon, of ice and snow.Never look back, never forget.”

“The scenes in 'The Virgin Suicides' where Elle Fanning is ice skating are really amazing.”