“Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this is yours, and I want you to be happy. You dont have to do it, but its here if you choose to come back to it.”

“you might want to decide fast. We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets.”

“I can't give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you'd set it on fire.”

“It seems that the young woman made some indelicate suggestion of a threesome...When I got there, Miss Nash was standing by the hot tub in a small bikini, pointing the business end of a SIG-Sauer P-...”

“Just wait until he figures out I shut him out of his slut hut.”

“What's that?""That's my attack poodle.”

“Claire, did I invite you to my barbeque?" Massie asked, her neck tilting to the right and her arms tightly crossed."Huh? No. I mean, I don't know," Claire said." Massie said through her teeth.”

“Youre too much of a bitch to go gently into that good night.You should put that on a greeting card.”

“Tony poured wine into each glass and handed one to Claire. Do you remember when we had wine at the Red Wing?Claire closed her eyes, recalling the scene from a lifetime ago, and nodded. I do.Id been...”

“Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.”

“I know that the whole pointthe only pointis tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse tolet them go.”

“No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work.”

“Love is not something you protect. Its something you risk.”

“I trusted her about as far as I could throw her. I was strong and she was small, but it still wasn't very far.”

“Can I try something?" I said. "If you dont' like it, I'll stop.”