“bila tanganku tak mampu lagi menyentuhmu, maka biarlah doa menggantikannya”

“pada akhirnya yang pergi akan kembali,entah pada pelukan, atau pada masing-masing kenangan”

“padamu senja aku tak bisa tuk tak jatuh cinta, meski padamu pun engkau menenggelamkannya”

“paling tidak lewat air mata, kita masih punya ketulusan jiwa. meski di satu sisi kita sering merasa kesepian”

“Jika mawar itu berduri, tusuklah hingga merah darahku, agar aku terbangun pada kenyataan tanpa dirimu.”

“Mungkin kau harus berhenti memedulikan apa kata orang tentang dirimu.”

“Wanita cerdas bisa menghadapi cecunguk mana pun dengan anggun.”

“Im not a woman you bring home to Mother, pick out china patterns with, or Mary forefend, breed. Ive seen a chunk of the universe, true, but theres still so much more to see. I doubt Ill ever cure t...”

“My hope, my heaven, my trust must be,My gentle guide, in following thee.”

“Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmonious...”

“All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below.”

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”

“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”