Christian Slater

"True courage is about being honest with yourself. Especially when it's difficult."

Adso: "Master? Have you ever been in love?"
William: "In love? Yeah, many times."
Adso: "You were?"
William: "Yes, of course. Aristotle, Ovid, Vergil..."
Adso: "No, no, no. I meant with a..."
William: "Oh. Ah. Are you not confusing love with lust?"
Adso: "Am I? I don't know. I want only her own good. I want her to be happy. I want to save her from her poverty."
William: "Oh, dear."
Adso: "Why "oh dear"?"
William: "You *are* in love."
Adso: "Is that bad?"
William: "For a monk, it does present certain problems."
Adso: "But doesn't St. Thomas Aquinas praise love above all other virtues?"
William: "Yes, the love of God, Adso. The love of God."
Adso: "Oh... And the love of woman?"
William: "Of woman? Thomas Aquinas knew precious little, but the scriptures are very clear. Proverbs warns us, "Woman takes possession of a man's precious soul", while Ecclesiastes tells us, "More bitter than death is woman"."
Adso: "Yes, but what do you think, Master?"
William: "Well, of course I don't have the benefit of your experience, but I find it difficult to convince myself that God would have introduced such a foul being into creation without endowing her with *some* virtures. Hmm? How peaceful life would be without love, Adso, how safe, how tranquil, and how dull."

"Elliot! Good news, I scored the last bag of Twinkies from Gristedes. You want one?"

"You don't take down a conglomerate by shooting them in the heart. That's the thing about conglomerates, they don't have hearts."

"You and I both know I'm crazy. Not the cute kind either." I'm talking crazy crazy!"

"No rest for the wicked."

"We're both too smart to allow pettiness to dictate our actions. we're better than that."

"They are trying to control you, Elliot."