"They wordlessly excused each other for not loving each other as much as they had planned. There were empty rooms in t…"

"It was a tiny sound but it woke me up because it was a human sound."

"That is my problem with life, I just rush through it, like I'm being chased. Even things whose whole point is slownes…"

"I wanted to make the movie feel like life feels to me — and life feels both sad and dark and confusing and more than …"

"I think there’s something spiritual in a very day-to-day, mundane existence. It’s impossible to articulate, and it’s …"

"I’m totally not kidding. … Life is too short. This is all too hard to do to actually be kidding about the whole thing."

"At this point, I’ve come to realize that where you are, the space you’re in, what you wear, this one body that you’re…"

"I think, ultimately, my character comes to think that the desire for a shared dream, a shared fantasy, a shared world…"

"I pretended that I was pausing before telling him about the secret feeling of joy that I hide in my chest, waiting, w…"

"Now began the part of her life where she was just very beautiful. Except for nothing. Only winners will know what thi…"