“You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.”

“You re­al­ize that our mis­trust of the fu­ture makes it hard to give up the past.”

“You have to give up! you have to give up!You have to realize that someday you will die,Until you know that, you are useless!”

“Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you.”

“When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble up and throw your past in the trashcan, then we'll figure out who you're going to be.”

“When you understand," Brandy says, "that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the storyyou're telling is just words, when you can just crumble it up and throw your past in the trashcan," Brandy says, "then we'll figure outwho you're going to be.”

“We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.”