“They see her differently now, as somebody. And isn't that what everyone wants? To be seen?”
“And it is clear to Evan, now: the difference between what is and what has been done; the present and the past. He sees that what he does and who he is isn't based on the past unless he wants it to be... No. That is the past, which has been seen differently through many different eyes and has become hazy and unclear, like a pond when stirred with a stick. Only the present moment is clear and free from prejudice.”
“Hell, Yeah. What girl doesn't want a guy who isn't ashamed to say he wants her? Everyone wants to be wanted.”
“But even if you have what everyone else wants- if it isn't what you want, it isn't what you want”
“And I wanted that - to come first in somebody's life. Isn't that what we all want?”
“If everyone wants to be somebody, I want to be somebody else”