| �You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry, you will someday.� ~Lester Burnham Angela Hayes: At least I�m not ugly! Ricky Fitts: Yes you are. And you�re boring. And you�re totally ordinary. And you know it. �It's okay. I wouldn't remember me either.� ~Lester Burnham Lester Burnham: How's Jane? Angela Hayes: What do you mean? Lester Burnham: I mean, how's her life? Is she happy? Is she miserable? I'd really like to know, and she'd die before she'd ever tell me about it. Angela Hayes: She's . . . she's really happy. She thinks she's in love. Lester Burnham: Good for her. �I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life.� ~Lester Burnham �It's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst, and then I remember to relax and stop trying to hold on to it and it flows through me like rain and I can feel nothing but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid, little life. You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure, but don't worry. You will someday.� ~Lester Burnham �Remember those posters that said, �Today is the first day of the rest of your life'? Well, that's true of every day but one --- the day you die.� ~Lester Burnham Carolyn Burnham: Are you trying to look unattractive? Jane Burnham: Yes. Carolyn Burnham: Well, congratulations. You've succeeded admirably. �It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing. And there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it right? And this bag was just... dancing with me... Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... I need to remember. Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it... and my heart is going to cave in.� ~Lester Burnham Carolyn Burnham: Uh, whose car is that out front? Lester Burnham: Mine. 1970 Pontiac Firebird. The car I've always wanted and now I have it. I rule! �I suppose I could be pissed off about what happened to me. But it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.� ~Lester Burnham |
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