「In a sense, we're all alone in the world, aren't we? → You're not stranger to loneliness, then.」
「The truth is a tart does not bear scrutiny.」
「Empathy requires understanding.」
「To be honest, I'm never really comfortable discussing work in progress. I got it all work out in my head but sometimes, if you force it into words prematurely, the wrong words, your meaning changes in your own mind and you never get it back, so I'd just as soon as not talk abou it.」