Nora Goes Off Script

But the part where Ben is who he is and it’s not my problem anymore, that’s fine with me.

“I know what I want too,” she tells him as he holds her hand. “And it’s not you.”

you can talk someone into loving you again.

“I’ve been thinking about that for a long time,” he says.

“Can I come sit with you?” he asks.

At the corner of arrogance and cluelessness, you find the worst kind of person.

If someone leaves you, it’s because they didn’t want to be with you. All you lost was someone who didn’t want to be there anyway.

“This morning I woke up worried about Arthur. It was the strangest feeling to want something so much for someone else. You’re really lucky.”

and messes Arthur’s hair, and the late afternoon sun shines through the back windows as time pauses on their smiles, and I really need to get the hell out of here

Arthur smiles. “Do you seriously think I could become an actor with this woman as my mother. I’m half her!”