“You're wishin' too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.”

“I'm here. I love you. I don't care if you need to stay up crying all night long; I will stay with you. If you need the medication again, go ahead and take it, and I will love you through that as well. If you don't need the medication, I will love you, too. There's nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness, and nothing will ever exhaust me.”

“I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism.”

“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”

“It all goes away. Eventually, everything goes away.”