The best Quotes from August Rush

But I believe in music... the way that some people believe in fairy tales.

You got to love music more than you love food. More than life. More than yourself.

You never quit on your music. No matter what happens. 'Cause anytime something bad happens to you, that's the one place you can escape to and just let it go. I learned it the hard way. And anyway, look at me. Nothing bad's gonna happen. You gotta have a little faith.

Come on. Be brave.

The music. I can hear it everywhere. In the wind... in the air... in the light. It's all around us. All you have to do is open yourself up. All you have to do... is listen.

You know what music is? God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe, a harmonic connection between all living beings, everywhere, even the stars.

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

Dance is definitely what I love doing much more than anything else.

Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

Songs are as sad as the listener.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.

"Ah, music"' he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!"

Music is reflection of self

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

No wonder the city never sleeps, it's too busy trying to get laid.

There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders.

If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

Manhattan, for millions of our forefathers, the gateway to hope, opportunity and happiness beyond their wildest dreams. Today, that hope is still alive, it's called "The First Date". On Saturday nights, every restaurant in Lower Manhattan resembles its own little Ellis Island.

I want to wake up in that city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap

In a city that moves so fast, you get the Sunday paper on Saturday - how did any of us know how much time we had left?

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

Things can always be said later, but things can never be unheard.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

It may seem as the hardest thing in the world, but you have to forget the guy who forgot about you.

I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair.
I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare.
I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind.
I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme.
I hate it, I hate the way you're always right. I hate it when you lie.
I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry.
I hate it when you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call.
But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you.
Not even close,
not even a little bit,
not even at all!

That's the thing about pain. It demands to be felt.

Will Traynor: "Will you stay?"
Lou Clark: "For as long as you want me to."

There's no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love, well, you haven't lived your life at all.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. But finding a true soul mate is an even better feeling. A soul mate is someone who understands you like no other, loves you like no other, will be there for you forever, no matter what. They say that nothing lasts forever, but I am a firm believer in the fact that for some, love lives on even after we're gone.

I have loved her even when I hated her... only married couples'll understand that one.

That's L.A. They worship everything and they value nothing.

I think it's the ending of a relationship, that's what makes a love story so memorable.

Where are his glasses? He can't see without his glasses!

Here's looking at you, kid.

Your cells age at half the rate of a normal human. When you're 40, you'll still have the leucocytes of a teenager.