Ash Wednesday Quotes

“Give your heart to everybody you meet. The rest is pretense.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“[She] and I were giving each other the only thing we truly have to offer: our time. We were going to give each other the living minutes of our life.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“And you and I know you’re the best thing that ever happened to me, and, yes, that’s an expression, something people say, that has no meaning, but what I mean is there isn’t anybody in the whole world who has loved me the way you have, not my mother, not my old man, not my friends.
There’s nothing preventing me and you from loving each other and being some kinda world-class shining beacon of love except how bad do we want it and what are we willing to do for it?
Now, I know I did you wrong, and I was freaking out and being stupid and I was mean to you. You know sometimes I get all fucking confused and I can’t see outside of my own asshole. I’m unhappy. Why am I unhappy? It’s gotta be somebody’s fault, right? It couldn’t just be that I’m a self-centered fuck spinning around inside my own dank cloud of concerns.
There isn’t anything I can think of that I really want or that the best part of me wants, that loving you won’t start doing. I love you.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“Every time he opens his mouth I have absolutely no idea what he’s gonna say. He’s the most honest person I’ve ever met. He’s a quick study and rarely needs to make the same mistake twice. He really tries to learn, and does, and he makes me laugh, and the world’s generally a lighter place when he’s in my sight.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“Now I have a theory that if a woman wants to keep a man she only needs to say two things: She believes in him and he's got a big a cock. That's all it takes. It doesn't even have to be true.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“With this sunrise somehow I felt I was exactly where I was supposed to be... Have faith, the light seemed to announce.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“When I woke up I was naked. I have this one oddball idiosyncrasy: Sometimes in my sleep I take off all my clothes.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“Now it's different, and to me it was shockingly humble, but there with my girl in my arms and our child in her belly I knew I had reached the moment my life had been waiting for. I was going to be a father and a husband.
I spanked her bottom and cranked up the tunes.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“If someone asks me if I believe in God, I shake my head like I couldn’t give a shit, but the truth is, I do. I just don’t know what to do about it.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“Ho pensato che fosse il mio destino, ed era vero, ma il fatto che una cosa è il tuo destino non significa necessariamente che andrà bene.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“I’m sorry I hurt your feelings, but I love you,” I repeated. I wanted her to accept my apology and then we could kiss and get married.
“You love me now?” she asked, straight-faced, turning so she was flat toward me, her hands tucked into the armpits of her sweatshirt.
“I love you now.” I tried to be clear, unafraid, unconflicted.
“Tomorrow?”
“I want to marry you,” I said.
There was a giant pause. We looked at each other.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“You’re forgiven,” she said, and tried to smile. She clenched her jaw and wiped away her tears, frustrated with herself for crying. “But forgiveness is…overrated. Actions have repercussions-like a science experiment, a chemical reaction.” She moved back to the sink, turned both faucets on, and let the water swirl together. She looked worn out. I perceived in her eyes and in her gestures that, yes, she cared about me, she would cry about me, but in the end she could and would get over me. Somehow, I hadn’t realized that.
“The truth,” she said, talking almost to herself, “doesn’t need us to protect it. All we have to do is live inside it and it will protect us, right?”
I nodded; I don’t know why; I didn’t understand what she was going on about.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“I brought you this book. I figured you’d remember it.” He lifted up an old worn green book I’d carried with me from ages eleven to fifteen almost without fail. “Emily Dickinson. You were a fanatic for Emily Dickinson. You remember that?”
“Of course,” I said, holding the weight of the book. Inside he’d written Just to let you know some things are always here. Love, Daddy. He always tried so hard to love me, I know he did, but even with that…”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“Per un breve periodo si può far finta di non sapere la verità. È come trattenere il respiro. Ma alla fine bisogna riprendere aria. Più in profondità si seppellisce una bugia, più forte è la pressione quando esplode.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“Non c'è niente di male nell'essere arrabbiato: nessuno te lo proibisce. Ma ti ci vuole una quantità tremenda di energia per continuare a fare finta di non esserlo.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“Il perdono è... sopravvalutato. Ogni azione ha le sue ripercussioni: come un esperimento scientifico, una reazione chimica.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“Success isn’t measured by what you achieve, it’s measured by the obstacles you overcome,” Jimmy”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“Some things suck; they hurt bad. The question is, Do you have the courage to let them?”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday

“We passed gas stations and chain food restaurants, with their billboards advertising happiness. I know the images in magazines and on TV aren't true representations of the world; I mean, that's obvious. But I still get this sinking feeling of disappointment, as if it is the world I should see.”
― Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday