- [Ellie, the true author of many classmate assignments turned in, comes up to Mrs. Geselschap's front desk to turn in her own assignment]
- Mrs. Geselschap: Six different takes on Plato. Impressive.
- Ellie Chu: [maintaining the pretense] Just the one.
- Mrs. Geselschap: That's what I tell the bartender.
- Ellie Chu: How come you never turn me in?
- Mrs. Geselschap: And have to read the actual essays they'd write?
- Paul Munsky: What was your mom like?
- Ellie Chu: Young, funny, dead.
- Paul Munsky: No, before she died.
- Ellie Chu: Young, funny... .. fun.
- Paul Munsky: So when does the dating start?
- Ellie Chu: This IS dating.
- Paul Munsky: No, dating's burgers and-and fries and shakes, and maybe another order of fries.
- Colleen Munsky: Mommy wants you to know, in case you ARE gay, Mommy still loves you.
- Paul Munsky: I'm not gay, Mom.
- Colleen Munsky: Thank God.
- Paul Munsky: I might... want to change our sausage recipe, though.
- Colleen Munsky: Are you insane? I LOVE that recipe!
- [strikes Paul with her purse]
- Ellie Chu: I'm Ellie Chu.
- Aster Flores: Yes, I know. You've only been playing my dad's services every Sunday for, like, four years. You're his favorite heathen. He can't handle mediocre accompanists, even if they ARE saved.
- Ellie Chu: Aster Flores thinks you're into abstract art and repressed British literature.
- Paul Munsky: Yeah.
- Ellie Chu: None of that is you.
- Paul Munsky: It could be. I started reading that Remains of the Day book.
- Ellie Chu: Really?
- Paul Munsky: Yeah. I fell asleep a few times, but I'm still reading it. That's gotta count for something.
- Paul Munsky: I never want to be the guy who stops loving someone for loving the way that they want to love.
- on screen: In love, one always starts by deceiving oneself... and ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. -Oscar Wilde
- [First lines]
- on screen: Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole. - Plato, the symposium
- Paul Munsky: Go to the dressing room. I-I'll toss you some things.
- Ellie Chu: But you're a dude.
- Paul Munsky: I have a sister.
- Ellie Chu: You know what it's like to *finally* meet someone your age who gets you?
- Mrs. Geselschap: You know where else you can meet people your age who get you? College.
- on screen: Hell *is* other people.
- on screen: Love is messy and horrible and selfish... and bold. -Ellie Chu
- Aster Flores: So... why you always up so late?
- Ellie Chu: World's asleep
- Ellie Chu: More room for thoughts
- Paul Munsky: What else could I like about her?
- Ellie Chu: I don't know
- Ellie Chu: How her eyes look right into yours
- Ellie Chu: How... she twirls her hair when she's reading
- Ellie Chu: How... her laugh... burts out like she can't help herself and she stops being so perfect for just a few moments