They always said on TV you could do anything you wanted, but here I was trying to do something and it wasn't working. I would never be able to do it.

People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.

I like you a lot. Because you’re funny and smart and because you seem to like me. I know that’s not a good reason, but I can’t help it; if a girl likes me I tend to like her back [...] I like you for all this stuff but I also kind of like you for the cuts on your face—

deep down I believe my year was a special year: it produced me.

I'm going to be here until I'm cured?" "Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner. Life is managed".

They're sort of ancillary anyway, friends. I mean, they're important -- everybody knows that; the TV tells you so -- but they come and go. You lose one friend, you pick up another.

That's what gets me through the day. Knowing that I could do it. That I'm strong enough to do it and I can get it done.