He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival.

Because no one needs to live for ever. I think that sometimes you can outstay your welcome.

Surplus meant unnecessary. Not required.You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were loved.

But sometimes they all craved a little bit of danger, of excitement, of meaning, even if only to reinforce how very comfortable and secure their lives really were.

It was his eyes, so challenging and with a piercing look about them. They were eyes that trusted in nothing and they made her uncomfortable around him, self-conscious.

Success is for those who are persistent in the face of reality. The harsher the truth, the stronger they hold on to their dreams.

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Running is never fun. Running is something that you do when there's a man chasing you with a knife.

We women are a lot more powerful if we see ourselves as fighters on the same side. But it’s easier to judge others - their choices and their bodies - than to think about the struggles we share.

The madman theory is that you can be a successful deterrer if you - if they think you could be crazy. And so I think it can be very effective, so long as you're not actually crazy.

I don't like directors that just say, Stand there and now do this.

I might paraphrase Churchill and say: never have I received so much for so little.

If beggars do not hate the rest of us, they are even more abject than I had imagined.

In the end, there's only one thing you can believe. Bodies are honest; they don't lie.

In war, as in love, we must come into contact before we triumph.