*I know we're all pretty small in the big scheme of things. And I suppose the most you can hope for is to make some kind of difference. But what kind of difference have I made. What in the world is better because of me?* -- About Schmidt
*Sometimes this kind of story turns out to be something more. Some glimpse of life that expands like those Japanese paper balls you drop in water and then after a moment they bloom into flowers, and the flower is so marvelous that you can't believe there was a time when all you saw in front of you was a paper ball and a glass of water.* -- Adaptation
*There are some things that are nothing more than what they are. They're not meant to last. They just take their place in your heart and make you a little smarter the next time.* -- Alex and Emma
*I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me. But it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst and then... I remember to relax and stop trying to hold on to it. And then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. I know you have no idea what I'm talking about... but don't worry... you will someday.* -- American Beauty
*Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories... and we've already missed the spring.* -- An Affair to Remember
*Oh, it's nobody's fault but my own. I was looking up... it was the nearest thing to Heaven. You were there.* -- An Affair to Remember
*It's always surprising how small a part of life is taken up by meaningful moments. Most often, they're over before they start, although they cast a light on the future and make the person who originated them unforgetable.* -- Anna and the King
*Most people do not see the world as it is - they see it as they are.* -- Anna and the King
*Life has a way of making the foreseeable that which never happens... and the unforeseeable, that which you life becomes.* -- Appaloosa
*All right. What I do is, I watch people. Do you ever watch someone who doesn't know that you're watching 'em? An old lady on a street corner, or some kids getting on a bus to school? Well... they stand there and you look, and all of a sudden this flash comes over them, and you know it has nothing to do with anything external... because that hasn't changed. They just suddenly become realer and more alive. If you look at someone long enough you can discover their humanity.* -- As Good as it Gets
*This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it may be the end of the beginning.* -- Battle of Britain
*Anywhere you go, desire is desire. The sun cannot bleach it... nor the tide wash it away.* -- The Beach
*When you develop an infatuation for someone, you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn't need to be a good reason. Taking photographs of the night sky for example; now in the long run, that's just the kind of dumb, irritating habit that would cause you to split up... but in the haze of infatuation... it's just what you've been searching for all these years.* -- The Beach
And me? I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it's not some place you can look for. 'Cause it's not where you go. It's how you feel for a moment in your life when you're a part of something. And if you find that moment... it lasts forever.* -- The Beach
*Trust me, it's paradise. For mine is a generation that circles the globe in search of a something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation. Never resist the unfamiliar. Never fail to be polite and never outstay your welcome. Just keep you mind open and suck in the experience... and if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.* -- The Beach
*Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people... the place... the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse - had never been. What kid of hell would that be?* -- A Beautiful Mind
*I wonder, do we all know where we belong? And if we do, in our hearts, why do we so often do nothing about it? There must be more to this life. A purpose for us all. A place to belong. You were my home... I knew from the moment I first met you, that night so many years ago.* -- Beyond Borders
*Perhaps we are all refugees from something. But I see now, there is nothing to fear. That the world we hold onto, the lives we cherish, are part of something greater. Something more. When I look at my children I see it so clearly - that hope, that chance of life - and I know it's worth fighting for.* -- Beyond Borders
*It took me a lifetime to realize; we only have one heart and we must be true to it.* -- Beyond Borders
*That you can lose yourself. Everything. All boundaries, all time. That two bodies can become so mixed up that you don't know who's who or what's what. And, just when the sweet confusion is so intense you think you're gonna die... you kind of do... leaving you alone in your separate body. But the one you love is still there. That's a miracle. YOu can go to Heaven and come back alive. You can go back anytime you want with the one you love.* -- Bicentennial Man
*I try to make sense of things. Which is why, I guess, I believe in destiny. There must be a reason that I am as I am... there must be.* -- Bicentennial Man
*A man tells stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him and in that way, he becomes immortal.* -- Big Fish
*You've already done plenty of things to regret, you just don't know what they are. It's when you discover them... when you see the folly in something you've done and you wish that you had it to do over, but you know you can't because it's too late, so you pick that thing up and you carry it with you to remind you that life goes on. The world will spin without you. It really doesn't matter in the end. Then you will attain character, because honesty will reach out from inside and tattoo itself across your face.* -- The Big Kahuna
*Nobody asks to be a hero... it just sometimes turns out that way.* -- Black Hawk Down
*It's not brave if you're not scared.* -- Bounce
*The old dreams were good dreams. They didn't work out... but I'm glad I had them.* -- The Bridges of Madison County
*It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.* -- Bridget Jones Diary
*There are places we can't return, there are lies you have to tell, and truths you can't deny.* -- Brokeback Mountain
*When you fall in love, it is temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are becoming so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because that is what love is. Love is not breathlessness. It is not excitement. It is not the desire to mate every second of the day. It is not laying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every part of your body. That is just being in love, which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away.* -- Captain Corelli's Mandolin
*And thus I begin my new life, in a new name, with everything new about me. I felt as if I wer in a dream - the rememberance of my old life is fraught with so much want of hope. Whether it lasted a year, or more, or less... I do not know. All I know is that it was, and ceases to be... and there I leave it.* -- Cider House Rules
*Because I can't. I had an experience... I can't prove it, I can't even explain it, but it changed everything that I know as a human being. Everything that I am tells me that it was real. I was given something wonderful... something that changed me forever. A vision of the universe that tells us, undeniably, how tiny and insignificant, and how rare and precious we all are. A vision that tells us that we belong to something that is greater than ourselves. That we are not... that none of us, are alone. I wish I could share that. I wish that everyone, if only for one moment, could feel that awe and humility and hope.* -- Contact
*You're an interesting species. And interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone... only you're not. See... in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bareable, is each other.* -- Contact
*There are millions of people out there, but in the end it all comes down to one. I still panic sometimes... forget to breathe. But I know there's beauty in all my imperfections.* -- Crazy Beautiful
*You can be anywhere when your life begins... when the future opens up in front of you. And you may not even realize it at first, but it's already happening.* -- Crazy Beautiful
*People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes... just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right.* -- The Crow
*For what it's worth; it's never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit. Stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best, or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not... I hope you have the strength to start all over again.* -- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
*Along the way, you bump into people who make a dent on your life. Some people get struck by lightning. Some are born to sit by a river. Some have an ear for music. Some are artists, some swim the English Channel, some know buttons. Some know Shakespeare, some are mothers... and some people dance.* -- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
*Your life is defined by opportunities... even the ones you miss.* -- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
