The first time he'd held her hand, it felt so good that it crowded out all the bad things. It felt better than anything had ever hurt.

Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.

It was the nicest thing she could imagine. It made her want to have his babies and give him both of her kidneys.

My girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying about her.

Don't bite his face, Eleanor told herself. It's disturbing and needy and never happens in situation comedies or movies that end with big kisses.

Everytime, he breaks your heart. And everytime, he expects me to pick up the pieces.

Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?''None of them likes me back. I may as well like the one I really want.

She wanted to lose herself in him. To tie his arms around her like a tourniquet.If she showed him how much she needed him, he'd run away.

If you can’t save your own life, is it even worth saving?

There's no reason to think we're going to stop loving each other, ' he said. 'And there's every reason to think that we won't.

I'm ending this.''No. Come on. It's not worth it.''You are, ' he said fiercely, looking at her.'You're worth it.

Any girl with a grin never looks grim.

My past conduct was so transparent and so honest that when my enemies spread rumours about me nobody believed them.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?

In order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have to change, and you will be forced to surrender many things that you now scarcely know you have.

There's not much TV these days where you really get that element of surprise. There are so many spoilers all the time.

As I say, if we bring up religion we'll have differences; we'll have arguments; and we'll never be able to get together.

I'd go at anyone. I took all of my brothers' bull. It made me who I am.

Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.

Two fish in a tank, one says to the other - you drive I'll man the guns.