“I cared about her as a person, as a soul, and I wanted to fuck her, and that was the recipe for something much worse than carnal sin. It was a recipe for falling in love.”

“We weren't ashamed to enjoy food and alcohol in moderation - why were we so afraid of sex?”

“A man and a woman wanting each other is by far one of the least sinful things I've seen”

“The pain of one-sided love, of knowing that I had loved her more than she had loved me”

“Science blasphemed when tries to eliminate scarcity in economy.”

“Sin, blasphemy, heresy all these are primitive ideas created by primitive creatures, unworthy of the title human.”

“There is no God and we are his prophets.”

“Don't get your panties in such a twist... and give me back mine.”

“Listen, I'm bossy. I can't help it. It's who I am and what I do. I'm pushy and I like to take over. But I'm going to work really hard not to do so much and your going to try and accept me the way I...”

“Possess. Have. Hold. Enjoy. Control. Dominate. Pick your verb, Ms. Fairchild. I intend to explore so very many of them.”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”