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Jeffrey tells Charlie on way to Mad Jack Lionel's house "if you want to be brave, you've got to be smart and you've got to be prepared and you've got to know shit."

Cooking is conducting, knowing when each piece comes in and how strong.

Holding onto something doesn't make it yours. You realise at some point you've just keeping it back for yourself, because it's pulling away with equal force. - Charlie on childhood, coming of age, confession, leaving town, Eliza, Jasper.

Recurring bad luck and chance.

I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand.

A poor pip-spitter always blames his melon.

Every character in every story is buffeted between good and bad, between right and wrong. But it's good people who can tell the difference, who know when they've crossed the line. And it's a hard and humbling gesture, to take blame and admit fault. You've got to get brave to say it and mean it. Sorry.

And I know I'll be all right. Because I got a good heart, and f* this town for makin me try to believe otherwise.

But, see, that's what I reckon God really is, Charlie. It's that part inside me that's stronger and harder than anything else. And I reckon prayer is just trustin in it, havin faith in it, just askin myself to be tough.