“Here, there is only one tense. There is no future. The past and present are the same thing.” — Diana, Spencer

“We Sherpa people have a great respect for that mountain. She’s the mother God of the Earth. Over here, we climb the mountain, but it’s a holy place. Western people approach it as a physical challenge. To see how close you can get to death.” — Phurba Tashi

“It is said that Bushmen have two types of hungry people. Little Hunger is someone who is physically hungry, and Great Hunger is someone who is hungry for survival. Why do we live, what is the significance of living? People who are always looking for these answers. This kind of person is really hungry, and they call them Great Hunger.” — Hai Mi, Burning

“You lack the right feet, turnout, achilles tendons, and leg and torso length. You simply have the wrong body for ballet. You could be a professional dancer in Vegas. And at 13, you are already far too old to be considered.” — excerpt from one of Misty Copeland’s rejection letters from a notorious ballet academy

A montage to Fight Club and Kawaii girl gangs, directed by Jodeb, featuring cast recruited from the Lookbook street style community

“The Hymn of a Pearl tells the tale of a prince who was sent west to Egypt to find a pearl but when he arrived the people of Egypt poured him a cup and he went into a deep sleep forgetting he was the son of the King, forgetting about the pearl. Malick uses this story as a metaphor of losing one’s self, of one’s sense of meaning, of purpose.” — Like Stories of Old

“She practices at home, avoids going out for drinks after training, and is endlessly chastised by her dance teacher, all to no avail. This changes when she has a collision with joy, and learns how to let go and express her pleasure freely.” — Andrew Cumming

“Love isn’t something we invented. Maybe it’s some evidence, some artifact, of a higher dimension that we can’t consciously perceive. Maybe we should trust that, even if we can’t understand it yet.” — Brand, Interstellar

“No. No, you don't. You don't deserve happiness. You deserve more than that. You deserve magic.” — Tolkien

“There’s no such thing as truth … Everyone has their own truth.” — Tonya Harding, I Tonya

“'Cause darling we're all a little splintered and battered. But the light is on, what you waiting for?” — Joy Williams

“I think it’s how you've put yourself on trial. It's judge and jury. If it works, determinism precludes free will, and you're absolved, you did no wrong. But if it doesn't work, you had choices, and you're guilty.” — Katie, Devs