Quotes by Joe Goldberg

I can't completely cage what's inside of me or, when it bursts out, it comes for blood. Better to feed it just enough to keep it in check, keep it on a leash, take it out for walks, but make sure it knows the rules.

Cary Conrad: "It's an incredible feeling, letting out that part of yourself that you have to cage."
Joe: "Unleashing my impulses is the opposite of what I need to do. No, thank you. Hard pass."

If I'm the problem, how do I fix it?

Something about fitting into suburbia has changed you, Love. You went from being horrified by the ostentatiousness of a kids party to "Keeping Up With the Conrads".

Therapist: "Joe? How have you been?"
Joe: "[thinks] Oh, I'm fine. Bored, trapped in Pleasantville, aging so fast I forget to j4ck off in the shower."
Joe: "I'm good."

Even with therapy, our wounds may take a long time to heal. We can't just erase our worst impulses. But maybe we can control them.

Libraries represent the very best of civilized society, the housing of an egalitarian access to knowledge. It's what separates us from the apes.

Me, a boy and his mom, who is usually great but occasionally murders people with her bare hands. What could go wrong?

There's one part of the old me I can't quite shake. I still believe in The One. That the right person is out there for me.

Sometimes, a man gets exactly what he wishes for, and that can be the most perfect punishment of all.

I'm not a "maybe", I'm the one.

Dear Love, you've changed me. I used to see the world as black or white. Now everything is gray and messy, full of nuance and beauty - because of you.

I don't think I've ever been in love before. It's been infatuation. This is it. Accepting you're not perfect and loving you more for it.

It's been said that dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.

Welcome to a city where people trying to disappear aren't actually trying.

I think love should come out of nowhere, sweep you up completely.

Love. This is why you're not for me. Once upon a time, I believed in love. Sure, I'd been hurt before, but I'd learned from that, and I wanted to fight for a fresh start - the real thing this time. So, boy meets girl. Boy knows this is something special and he thinks, 'let me do everything I can to make this right.' So I did. I was brave, I was vulnerable, I won her the old fashioned day. I tried to do everything right - for her. I knew you have to do anything for love, so I did.

Every relationship teaches us hard lessons, right? That's their gift. To make us ready for the day when someone, maybe the One, walks in, who could truly love us.

Sometimes, we do bad things for the people we love. Doesn't mean it's right, it means love is more important.

Uh, yes, face Candace. I'd sooner slam my nuts in a door.

I'd never felt this way before, where you love the bad things about someone as much as the good. Maybe even a little more.

The universe has a funny way of keeping us humble.

There are scary people in the world, Beck. That's why it's important to be safe.

The most valuable things in life are usually the most helpless.

Every account set to public. You want to be seen, heard, known. Of course, I obliged. The next thing our little friend the internet gave me, was your address.

If this was a movie, I'd grab you and we'd go at it right in the stacks.

I'm not worried. I've seen enough romantic comedies to know guys like me are always getting in jams like this.