An old man dies, a little girl lives. Fair trade.
I say good-bye to hope, but I also say good-bye to hope's disappointment.
Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love.
She transforms once again into someone carefree, and I transform into someone whose only care is her.
The older you get, the wiser you are - this is true. But you also question what use this wisdom is. y
If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.
Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.
As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.
You end up becoming someone you see in the eyes of those you love.
The movie cheerfully offends all civilized notions of taste, decorum, manners and hygiene. . . is the movie vulgar? Vulgarity is when we don't laugh. When we laugh, it's merely human nature.
I'm not very nostalgic, you see. I just don't think anybody has that kind of thing anymore. By culture, by breeding, by whatever, it's not there. The kids today-what the hell are they going to be? I like young people - yes, I do. But when I talk to people at the schools, and they say, "I saw you on the Twit," I don't even know what they are talking about.