“Me too." I agree fervently. "Every film should definitely have a message."
Which is true. I mean... take the Lord of the Rings movies- they've got loads of messages. Like "Don't lose your ring.”
“Ciao," I say casually, and flick my hair back. "Si. Ciao."
I could so be Italian. Except I might have to learn a few more words.”
“I know this is our honeymoon. But just sometimes, I wish Luke was a girl.”
“I feel a bit apprehensive as I see that he's looking directly at me. But I'm not doing anything wrong, am I? I mean, it's not like stalking is against the law.
Oh. Well, OK, maybe stalking is against the law. But I've only been doing it for five minutes. Surely that doesn't count. And anyway, how does he know I'm stalking anyone? I might just be sitting here for my pleasure.”
“Something tells me organizing a protest against your husband’s client has got to be even worse than selling his Tiffany clocks.”
“Material possessions aren't important to me," I say breathlessly. "All that matters to me is yoga.”
“But that's what happens in life. People find new friends and new sisters. It's called natural selection.”
“You’ve gone back to the way you used to be before. The way you promised you’d never be again.”
“In business, if you want to make money, you have to spend money. If you want to have a result, you have to make an investment.”
“I mean . . . take the Lord of the Rings movies—they’ve got loads of messages. Like “Don’t lose your ring.”
“The first story is all about the president washing his piano. At least I’m pretty sure that’s what presidente and lavoro pieno must mean”
“I can't move. I'm paralyzed in the middle of the street, like the donkey in that Aesop's fable who couldn't choose between the bales of hay. They'll find me in years to come, still frozen to the spot, clutching my credit card.”
“I wonder what it feels like to have no desires left because you have satisfied them all, smothered them with money even before they are born. Is an existence without desire very desirable? And is the poverty of desire better than rank poverty itself?”
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
“Claire, did I invite you to my barbeque?" Massie asked, her neck tilting to the right and her arms tightly crossed.
"Huh? No. I mean, I don't know," Claire said.
"Then why are you all up in my grill?" Massie said through her teeth.”
“We shall never meet, but there is something I want you to know. My time is not the same as your time. Our times are not the same. And do you know what that means? That means that time does not exist. Do you want me to repeat that? There is no time. There is a life and a death. There are people and animals. Our thoughts exist. And the world. The universe, too. But there is no time. You might as well take it easy. Do you feel better now? I feel better. This is going to work out. Have a nice day.”
“Is man a savage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile Manners? Or is savagery but a faint taint in the natural man's gentility, which erupts now and again like pimples on an angel's arse?”
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