Excerpts from a few memorable lines

Emmitt 2022-04-22 07:01:31

Dinner with an old lover: It's all becoming so bland... It's like a complete breakdown of culture and manners. Closing
monologue: A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity. When for a few brief seconds, the silence drowns out the noise, and I can feel rather than think. Things seem so sharp, and the world seems so fresh. It's as if order has come into existence. I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything they fade. I've lived my life on these moments: they pull me back to the present. And I realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be.

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A Single Man quotes

  • George: There's no such thing as old anymore. The other day, one of my students called me a senior citizen.

    Charley: I wouldn't mind if old didn't exist. But I'm not sure that senior is what I'm aiming for, either.

  • George: It's all becoming so bland. That's not why I came to America. It's like a complete breakdown of culture and manners.

    Charley: The young ones have no manners. The other day at the car wash, a young man looked me up and down and asked me if I was a natural blonde.

    George: What did you say?

    Charley: I looked him straight in the eye and said, "Let's just say, if I stood on my head, I would be a natural brunette with lovely breath."