28 Days Quotes

Eddie Boone Promise me we were safe.

Gwen Cummings Yeah, I know I drink a lot, I know I do because I'm a writer and that's what I do, I drink. I'm not like those people out there, I can control myself! I can, if - that - if I wanted to, I could, if I wanted. I can! I can!

Jasper No one adult human being is happy! People are born, they have a limited amount of time going around thinking life is dandy but then, inevitably, tragedy strikes and they realize life equals loss! The whole point of the game is to minimize the pain caused by that equation! Now some people do it by having kids, or making money, or taking up coin collecting, and others do it by getting wasted. Letting that little switch in the head turn the hot light off and the cool light on.

Eddie Boone I bet you can't sit still and be quiet for even one minute.

Gwen Cummings Um, hey, um, listen, about the um, about that uh, jail thing... I-I-I- I can't. I-I I can't go. Um, uh, well, not because I don't want to go, but, um, it, uh, oh God, my hands, you know, they just keep doing that. That's not normal. I just-- there's something wrong with my hands-- um, well, with me. Cause, uh, what kind of person just jumps out of a- what kind of person jumps out of a window, you know? Because she can't sit still, you know? And be alone and, you know, in a room, without-- You know a person should be able to just be alone, right? You know, human beings should be able to just breathe. I can't breathe. And I feel that I think I know-- I think I know that if I go to jail... like this, you know, I'll die, and, uh, I don't wanna die.

Gwen Cummings You don't have to live my shitty little life, and until you do, do not tell me to give up the one person who matters to me, okay! Because, I know, he's not perfect, but he's the one person that will show up, on my birthday, and he'll say, "I'm glad you were born!

Gwen Cummings Oh, so our therapist today is a very large, smelly, beast of burden.

Jasper Everybody hurts everybody it's the human condition!

Gwen Cummings I am so tired by the way you people talk. You know, I mean, "one day at a time." What is that? I mean, like two, three days at a time is an option?

Gwen Cummings I'm not a lesbian!

Eddie Boone You know, lately I've been lying awake at night thinking of all the dumb-ass things I've done when I was messed up. One night last year, at dinner, I threw up all over my glazed ham. Then I was thinking, "Well, maybe nobody noticed.

Eddie Boone You're not like, uh, one of them paternity suit kind of gals.

Gwen Cummings God, I love afternoons like this. You know what's missing in this afternoon? That I don't have a very dry vodka martini with two olives in a chilled glass. God, I miss that.

Jasper I'll buy running shoes. We'll take up yoga-- or, jogging. You know, we'll be organized. Pay our bills, we'll floss our teeth. We won't set fire to the apartment anymore. I'll buy a goldfish, and we'll be like normal people.

Gwen Cummings Well, there's my excuse. I'm late because my tits caught on fire.

Gwen Cummings An eyelash curler? And what am I going to do with that? Stab myself? Curl my tongue to death?

Gwen Cummings I understand. Marry a cute girl, move to the suburbs, spend your weekends mowing. You'll never want to do coke again.

Eddie Boone I only work every fifth day. Hell else am I supposed to do with my time.

Gwen Cummings You know, your carpet is filthy. And I only bring that up because carpet grit's responsible for a lot of major health problems. And that's the last thing that you need around here.

Eddie Boone Look, I messed up. I got riled up, and there isn't a lot I can do about it right now. Except I just want to say I'm sorry, and uh, you know, people make mistakes. If you can't handle that-- it you-- if you want to decide that, uh, my messing up means I'm not worth being your friend, then you aren't half as smart as you think you are.

Gwen Cummings I am having a bad day! The worst damn day of my whole damn life! If it is not too much to ask will you all just back the fuck off!

Gwen Cummings Thank God for bar cars.

Lily Cummings Gwen, you make it impossible to love you.

Jasper Is this yours, or mine?

Gwen Cummings Santa Cruz watcher!

Jasper Just break open the bread.

Jasper This is so not how I saw this whole thing playing out!

Gwen Cummings Don't worry, I'll replace it. Okay?

Gwen Cummings Look, I know peoples perceptions of girls who screw other girls boyfriends. I know what the world's perception is on someone who goes into a bar and realizes five hours later that I've left my three-year-old godson in the back of the car. I mean, people don't like people like that. They don't like-- I don't like people like that.

Jasper Who the hell do you have to know to get a drink around here?