“In real life nothing means anything. Stuff happens and there just is no structure.”
“Nothing is wrong—whatever is happening is just “real life.”
“I'm sorry, but nothing 'just happens'. Stuff happens because either we make it happen or we let it.”
“Brooklyn was a dream. All the things that happened there just couldn't happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all real and true and was it that she, Francie, was the dreamer?”
“Life and existence have no value in themselves. We mean nothing; not even those who are needed mean anything. The only thing of real value is what we produce.”
“...no one knows why things happen, you see? Anything could follow from anything. Even real history tells us nothing.”