The whole purpose of screenwriting is to convey everything through action and dialogue and not explanation and exposition. To me, there are movies where voiceover works really well because it does something more than exposition; it actually becomes a tonal element of the movie.

At some point, being angry is just another bad habit, like smoking, and you keep poisoning yourself without thinking about it.

It would be a terrible mistake to go through life thinking that people are the sum total of what you see.

What it must feel like, I thought, to look at something, anything really, and know that it’s for the last time?

Phillip is a repository of random snatches of film dialogue and song lyrics. To make room for all of it in his brain, he apparently cleared out all the areas where things like reason and common sense are stored.

That's the thing about life; everything feels so permanent, but you can disappear in an instant.

I would have done the same thing I did. I would have put all my energy into loving someone that wasn't you. I would have tried in vain, every day, to not think about you, and what could have been. What should have been. I would have tried to convince myself that there's no such thing as true love, except for the love you yourself make work, even though I know better....The bottom line is I never had any business marrying anyone who wasn't you.