30 quotes
The Dual Nature of Love
Brian Shelby
You can do whatever you want with your life, but one day you'll know what love truly is. It's the sour and the sweet. And I know sour, which allows me to appreciate the sweet.
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A Misunderstanding of Affection
Sofía Serrano
I meant that to be your forehead.
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Finding Uniqueness in Unexpected Places
David Aames
I dug her completely. Some how I'd found the last semi-guy less girl in New York City.
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Confronting Loss and Identity in Vanilla Sky
David Aames
I remember. Somebody died. It was me.
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The Consequences of a Captivating Smile
David Aames
That smile's gonna be the end of me.
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The Nature of Casual Relationships
David Aames
You keep the relationship casual, until the absolute breaking point. And then one evening or afternoon or morning, it could be months from now. Well, you know how it works
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Confronting Reality Through Alcohol and Regret
David Aames
You're not blind. You're drinking ], and when you drink Jack, you start in with that... ], she shot me down, give me a cigarette, "King of Sad" thing.
[[w:Jack Daniels|Jack Daniels; [w:Frank Sinatra|Frank Sinatra]
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Confronting Mortality and Life's Memories
Brian Shelby
My own death was in front of me, and you know what happened? Your life flashed before my eyes.
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The Illusion of Eternal Youth
David Aames
Isn’t that what being young is about, believing secretly that you would be the one person in the history of man that would live forever?
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Desire for awakening and relief from confusion
David Aames
I wanna wake up! Tech support! It's a nightmare! Tech support! Tech support!
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Intense Pain and Mental Struggle
David Aames
These? These are more than headaches. These are steel plates slicing through my every thought.
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The Significance of Little Things
David Aames
The little things... there's nothing bigger, is there?
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A Regretful Moment of Loss
David Aames
I lost you when I got in that car. I'm sorry.
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Love Amidst Life and Death
David Aames
Look at us. I'm frozen, and you're dead. And I love you.
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Optimism and Positivity in Life
Sofía Serrano
But I just think good things will happen, if you are a good person with a good attitude, don't you think?
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Dreams as a Source of Torment
David Aames
My dreams are a cruel joke. They taunt me. Even in my dreams, I'm an idiot who knows he's about to wake up to reality. If I could only avoid sleep. But I can't. I try to tell myself what to dream. I try to dream that I am flying. Something free. It never works...
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Life-Altering Realizations and Self-Doubt
Sofía Serrano
Holy God. This is going to change my life in a zillion different ways. I must be nuts.
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A New Beginning for David Aames
David Aames
A new form of me began to take shape. I planned my reemergence, like the Normandy invasion. (Sofia, Sofia...) I'll just say it - I did my homework. I read every memo. Thomas Tipp was right: People will read again.
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Another Life as Cats
Sofía Serrano
I'll tell you in another life when we are both cats.
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Legacy of a Fearless Publisher
David Aames
Primer on David Aames Senior. My father wasn't built for the ]. He never went to ], not once. He never watched television, and yet... his biggest magazine is still ]. He and my mother threw the grandest parties of the literary world. Ballooned. Jumped out of airplanes. He sought adventure. His autobiography is the manual... for every cutthroat publisher in New York City.
[[w:21st century|21st century; [w:McDonald's|McDonald's; [w:TV Digest|the TV Digest]
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A Secret Invitation to Connect
Sofía Serrano
Come here... I want to tell you a secret.
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Promise of Reunion
Sofía Serrano
I'll find you again.
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Embracing Delayed Gratification
David Aames
I am a pleasure delayer.
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The Pain of Solitude and Loneliness
Brian Shelby
You will never know the exquisite pain of the guy who goes home alone.
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Indifference to Divine Interruptions
David Aames
I don't care if God calls, I'm very, very busy.
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Desire for Authentic Living
David Aames
I want to live a real life... I don't want to dream any longer.
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Confrontation on Perception and Reality
David Aames
Good. Because for a minute there I thought we were talking about A FUCKING MASK!!!
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Embracing New Opportunities in Every Moment
Sofía Serrano
Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.
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The Saddest Girl with a Martini
Sofía Serrano
I think she's the saddest girl to ever hold a martini.
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The Price of Happiness After Trauma
David Aames
Doc, once you've been driven off a bridge at 80 miles an hour, somehow you don't invite happiness in without a full body search.
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