“I do not regret the things I have done but those I did not do.”
Empire Records (1995)
Lucas (Rory Cochrane)
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1995
"A man can convince anyone he's someone else but never himself."
“Without struggle there is no progress.”
“Don’t be afraid of it just because it’s new.”
“Isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?”
"If we all have our own individual unique soul, where do they all come from? You know, are modern souls only a fraction of the original souls? At best, we're like these tiny fractions of people...Is that why we're so scattered?...Is that why we're so specialized?"
“When you love someone, you've got to trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point?”
“I love the smell of commerce in the morning.”
“There are only four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same - only love.”
“I’d say to my Dad, “I want to be a writer”, and he’d say, “Journalist.” I’d say, “I want to have a refuge for stray cats” and he’d say, “Veterinarian.” I’d say, “I want to be an actress” and he’d say, “TV newscaster.” It was this constant conversion of my fanciful ambitions into these practical money-making ventures.”
“When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children, in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother, a wife and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move. And when they leave they take your life of details with them. And then you're expected to move again only you don't remember what moves you because no one has asked in so long. Not even yourself.”
