- [last lines]
- Ari: I'm a whore, a dog, and a cunt. My father's insults make me strong. I accept them all. I'm sliding toward the sewer. I'm not struggling. I can smell the shit but I'm still breathing. I'm gonna live my life. I'm not gonna make a difference. I'm not gonna change a thing. No one's gonna remember me when I'm dead. I'm a sailor and a whore, and I will be until the end of the world.
- [first lines]
- Ari: They tell you that God is dead but, man, they still want you to have a purpose. They say look at your parents: hard-working migrants, work two jobs, struggle all your life, buy your kids a house... there, that's purpose. They tell you to be a doctor, a teacher, be creative, do something, believe in something, believe in family and the future, save the world, believe in love, but, fuck it, I'm no scholar, I'm no worker, I'm no poet.
- Johnny: And you've met "Perse-phony." You know the story of Persephone, don't you? She spends half her time in hell and the other half in the real world. Trouble is, she doesn't know what's real anymore. She doesn't know where she belongs.