- Aza Holmes: I just think it's messed up... the idea of having to take a pill to become your real self.
- Dr. Kira Singh: And here I thought you said you'd kill to have a mind that lets go off things.
- Aza Holmes: And you said my mind is what makes me me.
- Aza Holmes: He actually thinks that I can go to school on my own... in another state. He thinks that I can study what I wanna study, and live in a dorm with the other kids. And maybe he's wrong. Maybe I can't. But do you know how good it feels to finally have *someone* in my life who thinks I can.
- Aza Holmes: Daisy?
- Daisy: Yeah?
- Aza Holmes: Do you think I'll ever be able to actually be with someone?
- Daisy: Yes. I think you will. I think, you Aza Holmes, will have a very full life. I think you'll go to college, and study whatever you want. And you'll have a career. One that you're proud of. And I think you will be with someone. Someone great. I think you, Holmesy, will have an incredible love story. I even think you'll have a family of your own one day. You're gonna make a whole damn life for yourself, I know it. But I don't want to lie to you. I think it'll be hard sometimes. I think, sometimes you'll see that life unbuilt. But you'll always rebuild it. And you will never be alone. Promise. Because you will always love, and be loved. And love is both how you become a person, and why. Love, Holmesy, is how you become real.
- Davis: You said you dreamed of going to Northwestern, but that new things aren't really your *strong* suit. So, I thought, if you saw the school, it wouldn't be new anymore. I'd be old-new.
- Professor Abbott: That reminds me of an old story. There's this very famous scientist and he's giving a lecture on astronomy to a large audience. And he's describing how the Earth orbits the Sun and the Sun orbits the Galaxy, etcetera, etcetera. And when he's finally done, a little old lady in the back raises her hand and says: "Professor, with all due respect, what you've just told us is bullshit. The truth is the Earth is resting on the back of a giant turtle." So the very famous scientist gives a smug smile and says: "So what is the turtle resting on?" And the woman replies: "It's resting on the shell of another giant turtle, of course." And the scientist says: "And that turtle?" And the woman exclaims: "Don't you understand? It's turtles all the way down." You're imagining the True Self, the self that exists independent of circumstance, as that turtle on the very bottom of the pile. But... maybe it's turtles all the way down. Maybe you're infinite. And I think your doubts make you more real. Not less.