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I thought that since it (pencil sharpener) can sharpen pencils, it should be able to sharpen stones.

I used to be someone's daughter, now I'm a fucking mother.

Goodbye, yard. Goodbye, crape myrtle. Goodbye, mailbox. Goodbye, a box of things Mom wouldn't let us take but we don't want to throw away.

Life has no guardrails.

What happened at the World Trade Center has nothing to do with Iraq.

My saliva drools like Pavlov's dog when they call your name.

Dad, do you have a job?

I know I can call my son, but what if his mother answers the phone?

Why do you think an elf is more magical than a whale?

At this moment, there are no elves in the world, right?

"Bill has his good points, nobody's perfect. Now we have a family."
"We already have a family."

Mom, I just left all my friends like that, and I couldn't even say goodbye.

Do I look like an Obama supporter?

Teens in the U.S. aren't the most sexually active, but have the highest teen pregnancy rates.

Life is expensive.

I guess I'm the only girl in the whole school who doesn't like watching the Twilight series.

Human existence depends on our love, on my loving my mother and my mother loving me. If not, we are basically dead end.

Playing the flute in the honor guard will not attract many girls.

You said when I was sixteen, that would be my car. (You actually sold it...)

Basically, I put the band back together for you. (to put together an album)

The Beatles don't have the best, there's a balance between them, and that's what makes them the best rock band in the world.
Paul takes you to a party, George talks to you about God, and John says, "No, it's about love and pain." Ringo says, "Can't we just enjoy what we have?"

If you don't try, of course forever will not fail.
Love too deeply and it turns into hate.
Departure and arrival are simultaneous.

God's blessings are only for those who believe without seeing it.

I'm not worried at all about the purity of your soul.

It is very difficult for a gifted person to become a professional without discipline, determination and a true work ethic.

When I was in high school, I was still working part-time. Back then, it was cool to have a sense of responsibility and afford a car.

I feel like I'm angry with all these people around me because they want to control me, even though they don't realize they're doing it.

I spent the first half of my life to get this crap, and now I have to use the second half of my life to get rid of it.

From now on, I will be a nun mother, simple, single.

Being decisive can go a long way in life.

A crash occurs when two poor drivers meet together.

They found it too expensive to build cyborgs and robots, so they decided to turn humans into robots.
We've been bio-programmed and updated automatically.

I earned my own money to complete my studies, so my parents' opinion doesn't matter.

I don't think college will be the key to my future.

My mom got her degree, got a good job, and paid her bills, but she was just as confused as I was.

I prefer college to high school because I can find like-minded people.

I'd rather someone scratch my balls off than go through this again.

"Am I your only ex-husband at this party?"
"Yes, although I'm not your only wife here." The

truth is, women are never satisfied, they are always looking for opportunities to climb the ladder.

You are responsible for yourself, not your girlfriend, not your mom, not your dad, but you.
If you really take care of yourself, you'll be amazed to find countless girls like Sheena waiting in line at your door.

You have to figure out a way to differentiate yourself from everyone else to master something. That way you can pick your prey when women with low moral standards are looking around.

In life, we are all improvising.

Shan, I'm very gentle with pushing you out of the lair, and on your way down, you'll miraculously find coins that you can use to do laundry in your own apartment.

please! You are adults! Some responsibility is required.

You should listen to your mother, she is a very smart lady.

Freshmen's satisfaction with their roommates used to be 60%, but now it's 100% because of computer matching.

Any idea what's next? It's my funeral.

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Boyhood quotes

  • Mason: I finally figured it out. It's like when they realized it was gonna be too expensive to actually build cyborgs and robots. I mean, the costs of that were impossible. They decided to just let humans turn themselves into robots. That's what's going on right now. I mean, why not? They're billions of us just laying around, not really doing anything. We don't cost anything. We're even pretty good at self-maintenance and reproducing constantly. And as it turns out, we're already biologically programmed for our little cyborg upgrades. I read this thing the other day about how When you hear that ding on your inbox, you get like a dopamine rush in your brain. It's like we're being chemically rewarded for allowing ourselves to be brainwashed. How evil is that? We're fucked.

  • Mason: So what's the point?

    Dad: Of what?

    Mason: I don't know, any of this. Everything.

    Dad: Everything? What's the point? I mean, I sure as shit don't know. Neither does anybody else, okay? We're all just winging it, you know? The good news is you're feeling stuff. And you've got to hold on to that.