Someone could drag me to hell, and I’d crawl back to you, Maya, for a chance to make right everything that was ever wrong between us.

I’ll take your body, but I want your heart, Maya.

I made promises. I intend to keep them.

Have you ever analyzed things to the degree where you can’t really remember the difference between what’s real and what you’ve created in your head?

Remember that there's no one way of doing things. ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open.

International law? I better call my lawyer; he didn't bring that up to me.

Why should it happen that among the great many women whom I see and am fond of, suddenly somebody I meet for half an hour opens the door into poetry?

It takes a lot of hard work and dedication just like any pro sport. Especially for beach volleyball you don't have to be tall or as fast as other sports. You just have to have the skills.

Your perception of the world around you is not necessarily the same as what is actually occurring.

In the end you don't so much find yourself as you find someone who knows who you are.

My message is, if you need help, ask for it.

What man's life is not overtaken by one or more of those tornadoes that send us out of the course, and fling us on rocks to shelter as best we may?