11 quotes
Human society begins with what nature makes male and female mammals want from each other.
When We Were Real (1999)
Seduction’s so easy when its target has the same object in mind.
When We Were Real (1999)
A woman’s laughter can charm a man out of his senses.
When We Were Real (1999)
War, they say, is just business conducted through other means.
When We Were Real (1999)
There’s always a moment of transition for you, that one moment when you turn from outsider to in, when you leave your past behind and suddenly mesh with the new life you’ve joined.
When We Were Real (1999)
They say you can’t really remember pain, remembering only the fact of it, not the precise way it feel. Maybe the same thing’s true of happiness.
Idle relics of the past. Things that let us imagine we’ve lived, when nothing else remains.
When We Were Real (1999)
Risk meaningless death at the hands of a soulless corporate entity?
Hmmm. How much are they paying?
When We Were Real (1999)
Thinking about death’s a funny thing. Stupid. Like wondering where you were before you were born.
When We Were Real (1999)
Regret, they say, is the most expensive thing in the world, but it’s a lie. Regret is free; you get to have as much regret as you want. And then, when you’re done wanting regret, you find it’s yours to keep forever.
Well, that happens in fairy tales, doesn’t it? In real life, when a manager fucks up and ruins a million working people’s lives, when he bungles so badly the company loses a decade’s profits, his Christmas bonus turns up a little short. That’s all.
When We Were Real (1999)