In Passing... -

"No, he's like, seriously shaken hands with Hussein."
"Did they bro-hug afterwards? Because then we've got something to worry about."
--A guy and a girl standing near 111 Minna

"Hrmm... it's not high on my list."
"Yeah. It's kinda... it's kind of the Las Vegas of the Caribbean... Only it's kind of sad. It's the Reno of the Caribbean."
--A guy and a girl outside Triple Rock

\"Wow... what a relic!\"
\"Yeah, it\'s like 2000 called and wants its dotcom style back.\"
\"...I meant the typewriter on the bookcase.\"
--A woman and a man in the lobby of the W Hotel

\"Come on, martinis at Martuni\'s! Even Melinda\'s coming. Market at Valencia.\"
\"How is either of those things possible? And anyway, especially now, no.\"
--Two girls standing near the Montgomer...

\"It wasn\'t me. It was nice, but not interesting enough for $300. You know, \'Don\'t bore Nina.\'\"
\"Yeah, because Nina will eat your young.\"
\"Oh come on, she\'d never take on those extra calo...

\"Wait, that\'s probably him now,\" *picks up beeping cell phone, reads message*, \"He says, \'If you\'re at home, can you look up if there\'s any liquor stores near the library, downtown?\'\"
--A ...

\\\"It just felt really gratuitous.\\\"
\\\"Yeah, I guess the scene with the insects could have been cut.\\\"
\\\"I don\\\'t know what scene really was necessary. But I guess King Kong had to sho...

\"Rememeber how you were worried that maybe the math had worked out that we\'d each had our own bottle of wine? I don\'t think that\'s a problem; I think that\'s just the truth.\"
--A guy talking ...

\"Christ, that smells good. What\'s that smell?\"
\"Carmelized onions, I think.\"
\"That smells better than Thanksgiving. It\'s like Thanksgiving in France! ...Which I guess is just a Thursday.\"
...

\"I want her to have a going away party, so I can say, \'Oh, I\'m not going. I\'ll be celebrating in private.\'\"
--A girl talking to a guy on BART