Prozac Nation (2001)

Michelle Williams: Ruby

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• Ruby : Lizzy, I'm not crying because you're mean. I just can't imagine how incredibly painful it must be to be you.

• [Ruby has found out that her boyfriend got a blowjob from Elizabeth] 

  Elizabeth : You don't understand. OK? You don't understand, it was an accident.

  Ruby : An accident? You call that a fucking accident?

  Elizabeth : It was... it was sort of, you know...

  Ruby : Come on, what?

  Elizabeth : An accidental blowjob?

• Elizabeth : That article, it was just wish fulfilment. I was writing about how I wanted things to be. And the way people talked about it, the way you talked about it, it made it seem real.

  Ruby : Well, maybe it can be.

  Elizabeth : No. It was just a dream I held onto for way too long.

• Ruby : People want to help. All right? I want to help you but I don't know what to do.

  Elizabeth : You know, I don't really need the company line right now, OK?

  Ruby : [sighs]  OK.

  Elizabeth : [narrating]  Jesus. Listen to me. All I see is the dark side of everything. Poor Ruby. I kill her joy. Look at her sad, discouraged face.

• Ruby : When we're together, you're fine. You're fun, you...

  Elizabeth : I'm faking it.

  Ruby : Well, everybody does that.

  Elizabeth : Not like me.

• Ruby : Look, we all have bad days.

  Elizabeth : [narrating]  This is what people say in situations when they don't know what else to say. Fuck, I don't know what to suggest either.

  Ruby : I care about you, Lizzie.

  Elizabeth : [narrating]  What I want is for someone to understand. But they don't really. And that makes the platitudes harder to bear.