Surviving Desire

Katie:
[talking to a stranger walking by] Hey! Will you marry me? Please.

Henry:
Why do you wanna marry me?

Katie:
Why not?

Henry:
I could think of a lot of reasons if I weren't so drunk.

Katie:
Why are you so drunk?

Henry:
I dunno. The nights are too long.

Katie:
The nights are too long because you have no one to share them with.

Jude:
Listen pal, you can't waltz in here--use my toaster-- and start spouting universal truths, without qualification!

Jude:
[to Henry] Eat your toast and get out.

Henry:
How do you proceed?

Jude:
'To live just move forward to those you love'

Henry:
An intriguing theory.

Jude:
No. An empirical truth.

Henry:
But knowledge won't help you where you're going.

Jude:
What will?

Henry:
Faith.

Jude:
You mean love.

Henry:
No faith.

Jude:
What's the distinction between faith and love?

Henry:
Love without faith is merely infatuation.

Jude:
Infatuation... infatuation... such a beautiful word.

Henry:
My friend, you're doomed.

Jude:
Perhaps.

Gus (bartender):
The trouble with Americans is that they always want a tragedy with a happy ending.

Jude:
I'm in pain

Henry:
All pain is desire.

Jude:
Is that criticism or advice?

Henry:
I think it's Buddhism.

Sofie:
If you never see me again will you be sad? Will you be tortured by the memory of having been with me? Will you become obsessed? Will you be maudlin? And anti-social? Will you get into fights?