as a character: celine from the before trilogy

• "isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?"

as a character: mariana from medianeras

• "there's this constant fear of knowing i'm one lost person among millions."

as a character: theodore twombly from her

• "sometimes i think i have felt everything i'm ever gonna feel. and from here on out, i'm not gonna feel anything new. just lesser versions of what i've already felt."

as a film: trois couleurs: rouge (1994)

• "perhaps you're the woman i never met."

as a film: the apartment (1960)

• "the mirror. it's broken." "yes, i know. i like it that way. it makes me look the way i feel."

as a song: pluto by sleeping at last

• "i’ve been worried all my life... a nervous wreck most of the time. i’ve always been afraid of heights, of falling backwards, falling backwards."

as a quote: by sylvia plath

• "kiss me, and you will see how important i am."