The best Quotes from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

I could die right now, Clem. I'm just...happy. I've never felt that before. I'm just exactly where I want to be.

I think your name is magical.

Adults are, like, this mess of sadness and phobias.

Sand is overrated. It's just tiny, little rocks.

I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

A lot of good love can happen in ten years.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

I really believe in, 'Move on, live and let live, forgive and forget.'

I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.

The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow.

We're the kind of family that gets together for Sunday lunch. I see my younger sister all the time.

Thank God I'm in touch with my emotions enough to be able to pick up my children, kiss them all over and say 'I love you' over and over.

Confidence is very sexy. You could be not cute at all and have such confidence.

I'm happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends... it really doesn't matter what we do.

You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens.

I'm very mature for my age, but I'm also innocent in a lot of ways.

I was a big Guns N' Roses fan when I was seven. My friend who lived across the street had long dark curly hair and I had long blonde hair, so I'd dress up as Axl and she'd be Slash, and we'd rock out in front of the mirror singing 'Patience.'

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.

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.