“I guess when you're young, you just believe there'll be many people with whom you'll connect with. Later in life, you realize it only happens a few times.”— Julie Delpy, Celine, amazon.comTagged: Love, Relationships, Soul Mates
“Even being alone it's better than sitting next to your lover and feeling lonely.”— Julie Delpy, Celine, amazon.comTagged: Love, Loneliness, Toxic Relationship
“Life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything.”— Ethan Hawke, Jesse, amazon.comTagged: Life, Learning
“You realize that most of the people that you meet are trying to get somewhere better, they're trying to make a little bit more cash, trying to get a little more respect, have more people admire them. It's just exhausting.”— Ethan Hawke, Jesse, amazon.comTagged: Life, People
“There's gotta be something more to love than commitment.”— Ethan Hawke, Jesse, amazon.comTagged: Love, Commitment, What Is Love
“You know, I guess I've been heart-broken too many times. And then I recovered. So now, you know, from the start I make no effort because I know it’s not going to work out, I know it’s not going to work out.”— Celine, amazon.comTagged: Love, Heartbreak, Effort
“Each relationship, when it ends, really damages me. I never fully recover. That's why I'm very careful with getting involved, because... It hurts too much!”— Julie Delpy, Celine, amazon.comTagged: Love, Heartbreak
“I might have given up... on the whole idea of romantic love. That I... I might have put it to bed, that... that day when you weren't there.”— Ethan Hawke, Jesse, amazon.comTagged: Love, Heartbreak
“The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.”— Ethan Hawke, Jesse, amazon.comTagged: Love, Life, People
“Oh, God, why didn't we exchange phone numbers and stuff? Why didn't we do that?”— Julie Delpy, Celine, amazon.comTagged: Love, Relationships
“You know, I want to kill them! Why didn't they ask me to marry them? I would have said "No," but at least they could have asked! But it's my fault, I know it's my fault, because I never felt it was the right man. Never! But what does it mean the right man? The love of your life? The concept is absur…”— Julie Delpy, Celine, amazon.comTagged: Love, Marriage, The One
“Maybe it's just a sense of entitlement. You know, like whenever you feel like you deserve that new pair of shoes. It's OK to want things as long as you don't get pissed off if you don't get 'em. Right?”— Ethan Hawke, Jesse, amazon.comTagged: Life, Desire
“They enjoy the goal but not the process. But the reality of it is that the true work of improving things is in the little achievements of the day.”— Julie Delpy, Celine, amazon.comTagged: Life, Happiness
“You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.”— Julie Delpy, Celine, amazon.comTagged: Love, Details, Falling In Love
“You know, I think that book that I wrote, in a way, was like building something. So that I wouldn't forget the... details of the time that we spent together. You know, like just a reminder that... that once we really did meet! You know, that this was real! That this happened!”— Ethan Hawke, Jesse, amazon.comTagged: Love, Infatuation, Muse, inspiration
“I just... I don't wanna be one of those people who are... getting divorced at 52, and falling down into tears, admitting that they never really loved their spouse, and they feel that their life has been... sucked up into a vacuum cleaner! You know, I want a great life”— Ethan Hawke, Jesse, amazon.comTagged: Love, Life, Marriage
“Celine: Baby, you are gonna miss that plane. Jesse: I know.”— Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Jesse, Celine, amazon.comTagged: Love