MILES: Why do I always fall for the bad girl?.
IRIS: You didn’t know she was a bad girl!
MILES: I knew she wasn’t good. Let me rephrase: Why am I attracted to a person I KNOW isn’t good?.
IRIS: Oh, I happen to know the answer for this. Because you’re hoping you’re wrong. And every time she does something that tells you she's no good, you ignore it. And every time she comes through and surprises you, she wins you over, and you lose that argument with yourself, that she's not for you.
MILES: Exactly, and on top of that there's the old standby: I can't believe a girl like that would actually be with a guy like me. I’m sorry. I don’t want to ruin your Christmas Eve. You don’t have to listen to all this.
IRIS: It’s ok… I like the company. Listen, I know it’s hard to believe people when they say “I know how you feel”. But I actually know how you feel.
I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade.
