You're a very serious young woman... I didn't quite mean it as a compliment. It sounds as though you're hurrying somewhere in such a way that the journey will yield very little pleasure. Slow down. College should not necessarily be about narrowing your focus. It's about broadening your experience.
Bella: — That painting isn't the original, is it?
William: — You know, I think it might be, yeah.
Bernie: — But she said she wanted to go out with you?
William: — Yeah.
Bernie: — Well, that's nice.
William: — What?
Bernie: — Well, you know, anyone saying they wanna go out with you is pretty great, isn't it?
William: — It was sort of sweet, actually. I mean, I know she's an actress and all that, so she can deliver a line, but she said she might be as famous as she can be but also that she was just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.
Swiney: We must work. We must make money. But more than that Bella, we must experience everything. Not just the good, but degradation, horror, sadness. This makes us whole Bella, makes us people of substance. Not flighty, untouched children. Then we can know the world. And when we know the world, the world is ours.
Bella Baxter: I want that.
Swiney: Now go and fuck someone and bring me ten francs.