Don’t just watch, listen

While it’s normally standard practice to seek advice from parents, teachers, doctors, policemen and fortune tellers, people just don’t give enough credit to the fountain of knowledge that is the cinema.

Instructing us on how to see ourselves and the world around us, screenwriters have been acting as unappreciated and extremely helpful friends for years now and we think it’s only fair to give them the credit they deserve.

Good Will Hunting

“Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.”

Sean Maguire

Lost In Translation

“The more you know who you are and what you want, the less you let things upset you.”

Bob Harris

Ghostbusters

“If someone asks if you are a god, you say, “yes!””

The Princess Bride

“Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”

Man In Black

The Killer Inside Me

“Nobody has it coming. That’s why no one sees it coming.”

Lou Ford

via Entertainment – ShortList Magazine.