Full Release Quotes

“Detective Tripp probably thought I was a complete ass who did nothing but follow his dick around, and while lately that seemed to be at least a little true, I didn't want him to think so.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“Peter made a sour sound, then said, "Darling, I'd really rather you didn't make the same mistake again and again. I prefer it when my friends make new mistakes. Making the same mistake over and over is just boring.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“Suicide is a symptom of depression. That struck me as odd. I think of a sore throat as a symptom, or a headache, but death? Death as a symptom is too final. You're obviously not going to recover - the symptom is bigger than the disease.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“After we ordered dessert, Skye seemed to remember that conversation required a give and take, looked at me and said, "So...you're an accountant. Sounds painfully boring."
I wanted to say, "not as painfully boring as this conversation", but decided to take the high road.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“He wore his hair in a way that suggested he'd just rolled out of bed after thrashing all night. In an earlier decade, your friends would have told you,"Man, your hair's a mess. Go fix it."
Now they say,"Whoa, dude, cool do.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“After a guy's given you two orgasms, it's hard to convincingly say there's no spark.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“Hanson looked at me like I'd just claimed I could make a nuclear bomb out of laundry detergent, string, and a can of baked beans.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“I found an online knife store. I'd rather go and pick one up so that I had it today, but then I noticed they had a category called. California Legal. Apparently, I lived in a state that had really solid knife control-but still allowed you to own a machine gun. Logical.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“Buying a gun was out of the question. First, it would be difficult to keep nearby while doing a nude massage.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“My heart beat fast, and I had a little trouble breathing. It felt like lust, but then again it might have been fear.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“I wondered if I should try to talk to them and what I should say if I did?
"It's a tragedy, isn't it? The world has lost a great masseur?”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“The look on his face told me he'd seen too many prison-themed pornos to take the threat to my safety seriously.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“That's not a very nice word," he said, as though I were a four-year-old who'd just repeated the word "fuck".”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“Is he one of those voracious bottoms who gets everything by throwing their legs in the air?”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“Some days the gym swarms with hot guys; on other days the place could be an old age home.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“About six responses popped into my head, all of them full of course words.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“She was also single, not a surprise. Her favourite book was the Bible, and she belonged to a number of Catholic groups. Religious and a cop; Lucinda Hanson was the son my parents always wanted.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“Looking into each other's eyes, it felt like some kind of deep communication, though I couldn't tell you what we were communication. Other than I'm here. You're here.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“Good sex has a way of clouding a man's judgement.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“Cab drivers, waiters, hairdressers, everyone thinks they can write a movie.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“And he was not in any way, shape or form excited to meet me.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“That was the problem with good friends. Eventually they knew enough about you to say terrible things for your own good.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“Even though it was only the word 'like', it roughly followed the same rules as the other L word.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“That was the problem with most relationships, when they began you never know what they'd cost you.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“The overnight bag was a little presumptuous. I mean, I was pretty sure that we'd be having sex, and I'm sure he was, too. But staying over.
Well, that was a little intimate, wasn't it?”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“Have you learned nothing from me? There are other things to do with a man besides marry him."
He sighed heavily.
"Sometimes I think deep down inside you're a lesbian.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“She looked like a real woman in a city of mannequins.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“As a film was little more than a ninety-six minute search for a condom, I had to wonder why anyone thought it wise to spend almost eighty million dollars producing it.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“After you break up with a person, you begin to be honest about their more annoying habits.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release

“So are you doing anything for your anniversary? I mean other than sitting around your backyard with a bottle of wine moping over lost love."

Since those were pretty much my plans, I said,"No. I'm going to hire a masseur, like you suggested."
After that, there was no turning back.”
― Marshall Thornton, Full Release