“You think you have free will. You make decisions, you make things...” – Monica, Breaking Up ... Movie Quotes Database

Monica

You think you have free will. You make decisions, you make things happen. According to Marx, this is just behavior, superficial behavior. Underneath this behavior, there are patterns determining our destiny. And, here's the killer ... we have no control over them. No matter what we do, it makes no difference to the path of history.

Steve

Want to try and take a house in the beach this summer?

Monica

Can we afford it?

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Monica I used to do that all the time, you know? I used to ask people stuff like if they were happy or stuff like that. I don't do it any more because it's stupid and none of my business. Steve . Monica Are you happy? Steve Who says we want what we think we want? We want what we think we are supposed to want? Like what the books tell us to want. And the movies. That's what I wanted. Happy. Happy, happy, happy. Shit like that, ok? We didn't get that. That's the end of that. Ok? It's not ... the end of us. It's the end of a dream, that's all. You wake up in the morning, the dream's over, so what? We're still here ... Steve Maybe dull is the answer. Maybe dull will last.