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.
Read more Lester Burnham QuotesFrom: American Beauty
It's just a couch!
There happens to be a lot about me that you don't know, Mr. Smarty Man. There's plenty of joy in my life.
My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood; this is my street; this is my life. I am 42 years old; in less than a year I will be dead. Of course I don't know that yet, and in a way, I am dead already.