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“He had never heard the term absolute love before. Unconditional love, yes – an equally impossible concept – but absolute? He turned it over his mind: it seemed more aggressive than grace, more demanding than acceptance, the complete opposite of resignation, something austere and grand – even literary.”
― Mark Beauregard, The Whale: A Love Story

“You are so very far from perfect, but when it comes to the world and to me, you will only accept absolute love, and that’s why you always feel unsatisfied, most of all with yourself, because you are incapable of the thing you desire most. That is why it isn’t easy to love you, but also why I do.”
― Mark Beauregard, The Whale: A Love Story

“[...] wouldn’t it be a relief to know all the answers, so as not to have to write stories about the questions ?
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“How can one decide, with the mind, whom to love? And if the lover hasn’t decide love, then it must be inspired by some other agency [...]”
― Mark Beauregard, The Whale: A Love Story

“To be honest with you, Melville, I sometimes don’t have the faintest idea what I’m trying to say with my damned allegories. I feel as if I’m writing with invisible ink.”
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[...] Even if the world presses it by, you shall have at least one avid reader who will enjoy it immensely. And I am a special reader, you must remember: I can read between the lines on the page and I see invisible ink, as well. Nothing escapes me!”
― Mark Beauregard