the manuscript;

“It is the best day ever. So was yesterday and so is tomorrow and everyday from now until forever.”

“I was there to witness all of them. Each frivolous end. But you didn't even notice me, because Puss in Boots always laughs in the face of death, right? But you're not laughing now. You are no bounty hunter. You are...Death. And I don't mean it metaphorically or rhetorically or poetically or theoretically or any other fancy way. I am Death! Straight up! And I have come for you, Puss in Boots.”

“Paddington wouldn’t hesitate if any of us needed help. He looks for the good in all of us. Paddington looks in the good in all of us and somehow he finds it.”

“Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression.” 

“You inheret too much power. You have proven that you can rule yourself. Now you must learn to rule others. Something none of your ancestors learned.”

“We've always defined ourselves by the ability to overcome the impossible. And we count these moments. These moments when we dare to aim higher, to break barriers, to reach for the stars, to make the unknown known. We count these moments as our proudest achievements. But we lost all that. Or perhaps we've just forgotten that we are still pioneers. And we've barely begun. And that our greatest accomplishments cannot be behind us, that our destiny lies above us.”

“Good riddance. Always giving to others instead of to yourself. Why did you live like that? What was the point? What a load of crap.”

“I would lie down here. And you could do anything you wanted to me. Do you know that?”

“Your friendship has brought glorious technicolor to my life. lt's been there even in the darkest of times and I am the luckiest person alive for that gift. I hope I didn't take it for granted. I think maybe I did. Because sometimes you don't see that the best thing that ever happened to you is sitting there, right under your nose. And thats fine too. lt really is. Because I've realized that no matter where you are, or what you're doing, or who you're with...I will always, honestly, truly, completely, love you.”

“I hoped today might be a good day. Hope is a dangerous thing. That's it for now, then next week, Command will send a different message. Attack at dawn. There is only one way this war ends. Last man standing.”

“I spoke in the car about the hole at the center of this donut. And yes, what you and Harlan did that fateful night seems at first glance to fill that hole perfectly. A donut hole in the donut's hole. But we must look a little closer. And when we do, we see that the donut hole has a hole in its center - it is not a donut hole at all but a smaller donut with its own hole, and our donut is not a hole at all!”