“How in the world could you be any sorta mess? You’re so good, so much better than me.. you’re everything I wish I was. You deserve so much more than all of the bull crap I keep givin’ you and that’s what kills me. I know you should go off to Harvard and pursue your dreams and find someone who won’t make you hurt so much… All you ever did was love me and look at what I’ve done. I’m a fudgin’ train wreck.”
“Look. It doesn’t matter what you, my mom, my dad, Checkers, or anybody else thinks I should be doing. I’m not at Harvard ‘cause that’s not what I want right now. I wanna be here with you. I know you seem to have a hard time believin’ it, but you make me happy. You always have. I love you; the way you love people, your sense of adventure, the beautiful things you make. I’d rather be goin’ through a difficult patch with you then havin’ it nice and easy without you. I’ve tried that before and it wasn’t for me. Course, if you’d rather...I dunno, be with him or just make do without me it’s fine. More than anything else I’ll always want you to be happy.”
