All Quotes By Tag: Movie
“I’d rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing you.”
“And your life,’ Katie said to Christy, ‘is turning into a rather predictable romance. Girl meets boy. Boy is a dork for four years. Girl blossoms into a gorgeous woman. Boy finds his brain. Girl turns into starry-eyed mush head.”
“God created all things. It’s men who decide which ones are mistakes.”
“Your life is a movie. You are the main character. You say your scripts and act to your lines. Of course you do your lines in each scene. There is a hidden camera and a director who you can ask for help anytime up above.”
“In your name, the family name is at last because it’s the family name that lasts.”
“Great losses are great lessons.”
“Be a worthy worker and work will come.”
“Health is hearty, health is harmony, health is happiness.”
“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”
“The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing.”
“All worries are less with wine.”
“Izzi: Remember Moses Morales? Tom Verde: Who? Izzi: The Mayan guide I told you about. Tom Verde: From your trip. Izzi: Yeah. The last night I was with him, he told me about his father, who had died. Well Moses wouldn’t believe it. Tom Verde: Izzi… Izzi: [embraces Tom] No, no. Listen, listen. He said that if they dug his father’s body up, it would be gone. They planted a seed over his grave. The seed became a tree. Moses said his father became a part of that tree. He grew into the wood, into the bloom. And when a sparrow ate the tree’s fruit, his father flew with the birds. He said… death was his father’s road to awe. That’s what he called it. The road to awe. Now, I’ve been trying to write the last chapter and I haven’t been able to get that out of my head! Tom Verde: Why are you telling me this? Izzi: I’m not afraid anymore, Tommy.”
“Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.”