Oh, what? You're mother of the year? You treat her like an employee.
Read more Lester Burnham QuotesFrom: American Beauty
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 just going to cave in.
You don't get to tell me what to do ever again.
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.