Why We Broke Up Life Imitates Art Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #7

I have a feeling, I can see it, that if I struggled my way to the Blue Rhino again to find it, there would be no Blue Rhino. It would be a burned-out door maybe, or a brick wall caked with age and grime to show it had been a brick wall forever and the whole safe and sheltered afternoon had been some wish or dream taken back. Like the sad, sad scene in Sea of Souls where Ivan Kristeva revisits all the old haunts—haunts is how the subtitles put it—and we see that this happiness was some phantom now gone forever. (30.1)

Min feels sad when she remembers this perfect place, which was an oasis after the night of her big fight with Ed. Did it even exist? She can't be sure.

Quote #8

I had such, you would not believe the such a feeling I had. You couldn't film it, it couldn't be captured. It couldn't happen almost, but there it was happening anyway. (33.25)

Occasionally, Min has an experience that just wouldn't translate to film. In this case, it's when she loses her virginity to Ed. She's living fully in the moment, instead of lost in her thoughts.

Quote #9

There are so many movies like this, where you thought you were smarter than the screen but the director was smarter than you, of course he's the one, of course it was a dream, of course she's dead, of course it's hidden right there, of course it's the truth and you in your seat have failed to notice in the dark. I could see them all, every reveal that ever surprised me, but I could not see this one, or know how I could not have known. (39.40)

The movie of Min's life has a twist: Her best friend Al is secretly in love with her. As with the best plot twists, she never saw it coming.