The best Quotes from Rent

The heart may freeze, or it can burn. The pain will ease and I can learn. There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as, my last.

It's right that today's Halloween. It was Angel's favorite holiday. I knew we'd hit it off the moment we met. There was this skinhead that was harassing her... and she walked right up to him and said, 'I'm more of a man than you'll ever be - and more of a woman than you'll ever get.'

I'd be happy to die for a taste of what Angel had! Someone to live for, unafraid to say I love you.

No day but today!

Peeta: "I would love to stop this moment, here and now, and live in it forever."

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.

Life is full of small, perfect moments.

Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always.

If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.

The beauty of a moment, is that it's fleeting.

I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you're on it.

I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived.

Dear Karen,
if you're reading this, it means I actually worked up the courage to mail it. So, good for me. You don't know me very well, but if you get me started, I have a tendency to go on and on about how hard the writing is for me. But this... this is the hardest thing I've ever had to write.

There's no easy way to say this, so I'll just say it. I met someone. It was an accident. I wasn't looking for it. I wasn't on the make. It was a perfect storm. She said one thing. I said another. Next thing I knew, I wanted to spend the rest of my life in the middle of that conversation.

Now there's this feeling in my gut. She might be the one. She's completely nuts in a way that makes me smile. A great deal of maintenance required. She is you, Karen. That's the good news. The bad is that I don't know how to be with you right now. And that scares the shit out of me. Because if I'm not with you right now, I have this feeling we'll get lost out there. It's a big, bad world full of twists and turns and people have a way of blinking and missing the moment... the moment that could've changed everything.

I don't know what's going on with us and I can't tell you why you should waste a leap of faith on the likes of me... but, damn, you smell good, like home. And you make excellent coffee. That's got to count for something, right?

Call me.

Unfaithfully yours,
Hank Moody

The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by.

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery - today is a gift - that's why we call it present!

The time to be happy is now, and the place to be happy is here.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

I wish I could stay in this moment forever. But then it wouldn't be a moment.

Time is like a river, you cannot touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again. Enjoy every moment of life!

For some of us, there's only today. And what you do today matters. In the moment. And maybe into infinity. I see only my greatest hits. I see the things I want to remember, and being remembered for. That's when I realize that certain moments go on forever. Even after they're over, they still go on. They are the meaning.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole.

I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.

Forever is composed of nows.

Moments, when lost, can't be found again. They're just gone.

We might not have months or years, but we have moments. Thousands upon thousands of them. Let's take each moment, seize it and wring it dry.

I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make the best of the good moments.

You will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

Be grateful for this moment. And this one. Oh, and this one. Oh, and this one's good too!

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

I live for now, not for what happens after I die.

Today, you have 100% of your life left.

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

I will escape for every innocent woman whose life was stolen.

Elodie, you join a long line of women who have helped to build this kingdom. It is this sacrifice we commemorate every generation. A tradition going back centuries. A legacy of honor and duty you now inherit.

I need you to listen to me now. I don't trust them. They may be royalty, but that doesn't make them good people.

Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain. The best things in life are beyond money; their price is agony and sweat and devotion... and the price demanded for the most precious of all things in life is life itself - ultimate cost for perfect value.

Dizzy: "My mother always told me that violence doesn't solve anything."
Jean Rasczak: "Really? I wonder what the city founders of Hiroshima would have to say about that."
Carmen: "They wouldn't say anything. Hiroshima was destroyed."
Jean Rasczak: "Correct. Naked force has resolved more conflicts throughout history than any other factor. The contrary opinion, that violence doesn't solve anything, is wishful thinking at its worst. People who forget that always die."

I need a corporal. You're it, until you're dead or I find someone better.

Someone asked me once if I knew the difference between a civilian and a citizen. I know now. A citizen has the courage to make the safety of the human race their personal responsibility. Dizzy was my friend. She was a soldier. But most important, she was a citizen of the Federation.

This is for all you new people. I have only one rule. Everybody fights, no one quits. If you don't do your job, I'll kill you myself! Welcome to the Roughnecks!

Funny how they always want to be friends after they rip your guts out.

They sucked his brains out.

Your little cinematic universe is about to change forever. I'm the Messiah. I am Marvel Jesus!

Paradox: "Mr. Wilson. You have appeared to have soiled yourself while unconscious."
Wade Wilson: "I wasn't unconscious. Who are you?"

Is that supposed to be scary? Pegging isn't new for me, friendo, but it is for Disney.

It's funny, isn't it, though. I mean, we evolved out of the water, and some part of our reptilian brain knows we're not supposed to be there anymore. But... I guess that's why we try to tame it so hard. It's like trying to conquer death.