I love you crookedly because my heart's been unhinged from birth. The doctors gave me strict instructions not to fall in love: my fragile clockwork heart would never survive. But when you gave me a dose of love so powerful - far beyond my wildest dreams - that I felt able to confront anything for you, I decided to put my life in your hands.

If you're frightened of damaging yourself, you increase the risk of doing just that. Consider the tightrope walker. Do you think he spares any thought for falling while he's walking the rope? No, he accepts the risk, and enjoys the thrill of braving the danger. If you spend your whole life being careful not to break anything, you'll get terribly bored, you know... I can't think of anything more fun than being impulsive.

We love each other like matches in the dark. We don't talk, we catch fire instead

Each beat of your heart is a small miracle, you know, so don't get carried away.

I just want to escape my own body and project sunlight on to the walls for her to see, so she warms up and yearns for my arms.

Dreams have a hard time surviving when confronted with reality.

I wanted to create a voyage to the moon just for her, but what I should have given her was a real journey on earth.