"   I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go.   "

"   You know what’s wrong with you…You’re chicken. You’re afraid to stick out your chin and say, ‘Okay, life’s a fact.’ People DO fall in love. People do belong to each other. Because that’s the only chance anybody’s got for real happiness. You call yourself a free spirit, a wild thing, yet you’re terrified that somebody’s gonna put you in a cage. Well, baby, you’re already in a cage and you built it yourself. And it’s not bound on the east by Somali Land or on the west by Tulip, Texas. It’s everywhere you go. Because no matter where you run, you’re always going to end up running into yourself.   "

"   There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold.   "

"   Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.   "

"   those who escape hell
however
never talk about
it
and nothing much
bothers them
after
that.   "