When all you wanted was to be wanted, you wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now.

We were both young when I first saw you. I close my eyes and the flashback starts. I'm standin' there on a balcony in summer air.

and you come away with a great little story of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

Legend says that when you can't sleep at night it's because you're awake in someone else's dream

Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.

I think that the main thing that you can learn from watching 'The Spectacular Now' is just learning about growing up and moving on.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result.

Eroticism is assenting to life even in death.

You cannot possess all and everything. Whatsoever you possess will not give you contentment. The mind, the ego, will always feel unfulfilled.

Watch your character for your character is your destiny.