12

No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go, people can never be anything but themselves.

10

I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart.

9

Doubt is useful for awhile. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

3

Se encontramos um solitário, independentemente daquilo que diga, não se trata de gostar da solidão. É porque já tentou integrar-se no mundo antes e as pessoas continuam a desiludi-lo.

If you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before and people continue to disappoint them.

Spring bear

"I really like you. A lot."

M - "How much is a lot?"

"Like a spring bear."

M - "A spring bear? What’s that all about? A spring bear."

"You’re walking through a field all by yourself one day in spring, and this sweet little bear cub with velvet fur and shiny little eyes comes walking along. And he says to you, “Hi, there, little lady. Want to tumble with me?” So you and the bear cub spend the whole day in each other’s arms, tumbling down this clover-covered hill. Nice, huh?"

M - "Yeah. Really nice."

"That’s how much I like you."

That's what love is...

M - "I made up my mind I was going to find someone who would love me unconditionally three hundred and sixty five days a year."

"Wow, did the search pay off?"

M - "That’s the hard part, I guess I’ve been waiting so long I’m looking for perfection. That makes it tough."

"Waiting for the perfect love?"

M - "No, even I know better than that. I’m looking for selfishness. Perfect selfishness. Like, say I tell you I want to eat strawberry shortcake. And you stop everything you’re doing and run out and buy it for me. And you come back out of breath and get down on your knees and hold this strawberry shortcake out to me. And I say I don’t want it anymore and throw it out the window. That’s what I’m looking for."

"I’m not sure that has anything to do with love."

M - "It does, you just don’t know it. There are time in a girl’s life when things like that are incredibly important."

"Things like throwing strawberry shortcake out the window?"

M - "Exactly. And when I do it, I want the man to apologize to me: «Now I see, Midori. What a fool I have been! I should have known that you would lose your desire for strawberry shortcake. I have all the intelligence and sensitivity of a piece of donkey shit. To make it up to you, I’ll go out and buy you something else. What would you like? Chocolate Mousse? Cheesecake?»"

"So then what?"

M - "So then I’d give him all the love he deserves for what he’s done."

"Sounds crazy to me."

M - "Well, to me, that’s what love is…"