“Why one enjoys maternal grandparents more than the paternal ones, i have never understood, but it was like that for me.”

“One needs longing to live and enemies make one long for them.”

“His failure became my destiny”

“He is too presumptuous about the inanities of appearances, poor realities gone for a toss.”

“History tells creativity is a result of Soul song.”

“Annant is Pickwick paperless, the hunter of wisdom and due to Lovelace heart, a budding poet-ass.”

“here she is, all mine, trying her best to give me all she can. How could I ever hurt her? But I didnt understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can...”

“Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could never have him.”

“Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late.”