“You can only work on yourself. Start there.”

“But there are only so many times you can handle heartbreak with someone before you have to start protecting yourself.”

“You can't stay fucked up forever, can you? You need to start putting yourself out there and getting humiliated like the rest of us. Only then will you be a Real Boy”

“Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.”

“We'll start over. But you can't start. Only a baby can start”

“We can't be friends. That never works. I'd have to be all careful and brave and pathetic, you'd feel guilty all the time and you'd start being nice in weird fake ways to make up for it.' She was starting to cry, but she felt free, she felt relieved as you can only feel when you have wrecked yourself on the rocks and don't have to worry about navigating anymore.”