“You are permanent, but this life is not," Mr. Whittier would say. "You don't expect to visit an amusement park, then stay forever.”

“It's often said that a traumatic experience early in life marks a person forever, pulls her out of line, saying, "Stay there. Don't move.”

“Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.”

“I would love to stay at SNL forever. But you can't stay in the same place. People think you're a loser.”

“Staying alive is nice, but you can’t do that forever. It’s how you live the life you have while you have it.”

“Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think?”

“In another life, I would be your girl.
We'd keep all our promises,
Be us against the world.
In another life, I would make you stay,
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away,
The one that got away.”

“"Well, I'm not kissing the mundane. I'd rather stay down here and rot."
"Forever? Forever's an awfully long time."
"I knew it. You want to kiss me, don't you?"”

“If you end your story, it's a static work of art, a finite circle. But if you don't, it belongs to anyone's imagination. It stays alive forever.”

“Are you stalking me, Mr. Fulton?" The idea both amused and horrified Jazz.”