"Dearly beloved, we gather here to say our goodbyes. Here she lies. No one knew her worth; the late great daughter of Mother Earth on these nights (this night in the Broadway play) when we celebrate the birth in that little town of Bethlehem. We raise our glass, you bet your ass to La Vie Boheme."

"They make fun, yet I am the one attempting to do some good. Or do you really want a neighborhood where people piss on your stoop every night? Bohemia, bohemia's a fallacy in your head. This is Calcutta; Bohemia is dead."

"MOO! Moo with me. Please, sir, could you give me a little moo?" (off-stage man) "MOO!" "Yes. YES! MOO WITH ME!! YES!!! YES, IT SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL!! LET ME HEAR YOU, NEW YORK CITY!! MOO WITH ME!!"

"I gotta get out of here! It's like I'm being tied to the hood of a yellow rental truck, being packed in with fertilizer and fuel oil, pushed over a cliff by a suicidal Mickey Mouse!"

"Last night I had a dream. I found myself in a desert called Cyberland. It was hot. My canteen had sprung a leak and I was thirsty. Out of the abyss walked a cow — Elsie. I asked if she had anything to drink. She said, "I'm forbidden to produce milk. In Cyberland, we only drink... Diet Coke.""

"The only way out is up. A leap of faith..."

"Open your door, I'll be your tenant. Don't got much baggage to lay at your feet. But sweet kisses I've got to spare, I'll be there and I'll cover you."

"You'll be my king and I'll be your castle. No you be my queen and I'll be your moat."

"When your heart has expired"

"Live in my house, I'll be your shelter, just pay me back with one thousand kisses. Be my lover, and I'll cover you."

"I've longed to discover something as true as this is"

"I think they meant it when they said you can't buy love. Now I know you can rent it. A new lease, you are my love. On life."

"Five hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes, five hundred, twenty-five thousand seasons of love."

"Oh lover, I'll cover you, ya ya ya ya ya ya, Oh lover, I'll cover you."

"So with a thousand sweet kisses I'll cover you."

"Roger: The fire's out anyway. Group: No day but today. Roger: Take your powder, take your candle. Group: No day but today. Roger: Take your brown eyes, your pretty smile, your silhouette. Group: No day but today. Roger: Another time, another place, another rhyme, a warm embrace."

"There's only now, there's only here. Give in to love, or live in fear. No other path, no other way, no day but today."

"The heart may freeze, or it can burn. The pain will ease, if I can learn. There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. There's only us, there's only this. Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other road, no other way, no day but today."

"(Roger) Long ago, you might've lit up my heart. But the fire's dead, ain't never ever gonna start."

"(Roger) Excuse me if I'm off track, but if you're so wise, then tell me: Why do you need smack?"

"(Mimi) Give in to love, or live in fear."

"(Mimi) I trust my soul. My only goal is just to be."

"(Mimi) No other road, no other way, no day but today."

"(Mimi) Forget regret, or life is yours to miss."

"(Mimi)There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last."

"(Roger) I should tell you I should tell you. I should tell you I should tell you. I should tell you I should. No! Another time, another place. Our temperatures only rise. There'd be a long embrace. We'd do another dance it'd be another day. You want to prove me wrong? Come back another day. Another day!"

"(Roger) Who do you think you are? Barging in on me and my guitar. Little girl, hey! The door is that way! You better go you know the fires out anyway. Take your powder take your candle. You're a sweet whisper I just can't handle! And take your hair in the moonlight your brown eyes. Goodbye goodnight!"

"I'll let you make me! Out tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight!"

"Don't forsake me. Out tonight!"

"In the evening, I've got to roam. Can't sleep in the city of neon and chrome. Feels to damn much like home, where the Spanish babies cry. So let's find a bar so dark we forget where we are. From all the scars from the nevers and maybes. Die!"

"When I get a wink for the doorman. Do you know how lucky you'll be? You're on line with a feline on Avenue B!"

"Take me out tonight. Meow. HA!"

"We don't need any money, I can always get in for free. You can get in too, if you get in with me."

"I've had a knack, from way back, of breaking the rules once I learn the game."

"Wanna put on a tight skirt and flirt with a stanger."

"(Mimi is the only singer the entire song) What's the time? Well it's gotta be close to midnight. My body's talking to me: says "time for danger.""

"Angel: Then back on the street where I met my sweet, where he was moaning and groaning on the cold concrete, the nurse took him home for some mercurochrome, and I dressed his wounds and got him back on his feet."

"Angel: We agreed on a fee, a thousand-dollar guarantee, tax-free—and a bonus, if I trimmed her tree. Now who could foretell that it would go so well? But sure as I am here that dog is now in doggie hell! After an hour, Evita, in all her glory, on the window ledge of that 23rd story, like Thelma and Louise did when they got the blues, swan dove into the Courtyard of the Gracie Mews."

"Angel: Today for you, tomorrow for me! Collins: And you should hear her beat! Mark: You earned this on the street?! Angel: It was my lucky day today on Avenue A, when a lady in a limousine drove my way. She said, "Darling, be a dear, haven't slept in a year, I need your help to make my neighbor's yappy dog disappear! This akita, Evita, just won't shut up! I believe if you play nonstop, that pup will breathe its very last high-strung breath! I'm certain that cur will bark itself to death!""

"Gentlemen, our benefactor on this Christmas Eve, whose charity is only matched by talent, I believe. A new member of the Alphabet City Avant-Garde: Angel Dumott Schunard!"

"Roger: Cold hands. Mimi: Yours too. Big—like my father's. You wanna dance? Roger: With you? Mimi: No—with my father! Roger: I'm Roger. Mimi: They call me, they call me, Mimi."

"Mimi: They say I have the best ass below 14th Street. Is it true? Roger: What? Mimi: You're staring again. Roger: Oh no, I mean... you do, have a nice... I mean..."

"Roger: Oh, the wax, it's... Mimi: Dripping! I like it between my - Roger: Fingers! I figured. Oh well, good night."

"Mimi: Would you light my candle?"

"(Roger) She died. Her name was April."

"(Roger) Nothing. Your smile reminded me of... (Mimi) I always remind people of... who is she?"

"(Mimi) Just haven't eaten much today, at least the room's stopped spinning, anyway. What?"

"(Roger) Nothing. Your hair in the moonlight. Can you make it?"

"(Mimi) It's nothing; they turned off my heat, and I'm just a little weak on my feet. Would you light my candle? What are you staring at?"

"(Roger) I know you, you're... you're shivering."