“Dedication” quotes

“I didn't mean it when I compared you to our waitress. I was only trying to hurt you. I could've been meaner about your looks, and what I would've said would have made you cry.”

Billy Crudup - Henry

“- Henry: I've spent my whole life... wanting something... and doing my very best not to find it. Never even going near the places it might be... And suddenly, I've got the goddamn thing practically chained around my neck.
- Lucy: What are you talking about?
- Henry: You.”
Billy Crudup - Henry
Mandy Moore - Lucy

“Okay, uh, before we can, uh... work effectively with one another, I think we should be comfortable. So, ten minutes, okay? Then - then work. Okay? Go. Okay, I'll start. Uh, I hate my mother. I hate my goddamn dead father more. Rudy was the only friend I ever had. I had a girlfriend once who I used to like to masturbate to more than have sex...” (continue)(continue reading)

Billy Crudup - Henry

“Life is nothing but the occasional burst of laughter rising above the interminable wail of grief.”
Billy Crudup - Henry

“- Henry: She deserves better than him.
- Rudy Holt: Now you're talking.
- Henry: Better than me, too.
- Rudy Holt: Yeah, but she doesn't know that yet.”

Billy Crudup - Henry
Tom Wilkinson - Rudy Holt

“- Henry: You'll be fine. We'll both be fine Rudy.
- Rudy Holt: That's life Henry.
- Henry: Yep.”
Billy Crudup - Henry
Tom Wilkinson - Rudy Holt

“You know it? You know what I'm talking about? You know - you're like Princess shit! You know? Fairytales. You know what I'm saying? The million guys are after and you're blinded by your beauty kind of shit.”

Billy Crudup - Henry

“I can only stir things counterclockwise, and I know that if I don't, something bad will happen. I take size eleven-and-a-half shoe. I don't have a favourite book. Oh, I don't drive or ride in cars. Statistically speaking, you have a 100% chance of being in an accident in your lifetime. They're death boxes. I give to Amnesty International on the...” (continue)(continue reading)

Billy Crudup - Henry

“You know accuse me of whatever you want, I'm probably guilty of it... contributing to global warming, and killing a squirrel once, and using the word retarded, and occasionally misinterpreted bigotry, but don't, don't... don't don't don't don't don't accuse me of not liking you. Ok?”

Billy Crudup - Henry

“You broke my heart, Henry. I don't think you can trust people. You always have to find something wrong. I'm just... I'm sorry. I'll miss you.”
Mandy Moore - Lucy

“You're, you're - you're the goddamn thing. You're, you're. I can't describe you... uhh, I don't, I don't write that kind of shit, I write... You know, the people who write, who write the real books, the love books, and the poems, and even those stupid little fucking novels with the hunky assholes on the cover...”

Billy Crudup - Henry

“Life is nothing but the echo of joy disappearing into the great chasm of misery.”
Billy Crudup - Henry

“Life is a single skip for joy.”
Tom Wilkinson - Rudy Holt

“I've never been good at finding things, I'm really good at losing things.”
Billy Crudup - Henry

“- Rudy Holt: You know what life is?
- Henry: Life is a horrible little giggle in the midst of a forced death march towards hell.”
Tom Wilkinson - Rudy Holt
Billy Crudup - Henry