"anything other than mad, passionate love is just a waste of time."

i suddenly remembered this quote that i got from this movie. i'm surprised that i still know it by heart. i definitely would have to get a copy of this movie for myself.

plot summary (imdb.com)
A girl with insomnia who works in a coffee house (Ione Skye) has impossibly high standards for her love and fears she will never meet a worthy man. Then in walks a new employee (Mackenzie Astin) and they click - until she discovers he has a girlfriend. Undaunted, she moves to L.A. with a friend (Jennifer Aniston) sure that he will dump the girlfriend and follow her. She puts all her faith in fate and hopes for the best.

Memorable Quotes from Dream for an Insomniac (1996)
Frankie : Anything other than mad, passionate love is just a waste of time
Frankie : Choices are like connecting highways. They all take you to the same place. Some just take longer to get there.
Frankie : There are too many mediocre things in this world to deal with, love shouldn't have to be one of them.
Frankie : I am going to circumnavigate his soul until he is surrounded on all sides by my love.
David Schrader : Life can only be understood backwards.
Frankie : Why is everyone always telling me to be nice?
Frankie : Never trust a man who doesn't have eyes like Sinatra.
Frankie : Sometimes I study the Trivial Pursuit cards.
Frankie : [Referring to Molly Monday] Would you do it with someone whose last name is the worst day of the week?
Frankie : I wish I was like you, easily amused. David Schrader : Ouch! Kurt Cobain.
Frankie : There is no chance at all. We are all trapped by a singular fate. No one ever finds the one.
Uncle Leo : You going to listen to garbage music all day?
Frankie : It's like a trinity. If Bono is God then Eddie Vedder would be Jesus.
David Schrader : I love you Frankie. Frankie : You do? David Schrader : Yeah I do. Frankie : I loved you first. David Schrader : I love you more. Frankie : Only because you're bigger.

Several of the quotes used throughout the story are:
"There is no chance at all. We are all trapped by a singular fate. No one ever finds the one." Charles Bukowski
"In order to win, you must expect to win." Dan Fouts
"Every action and pursuit is thought to aim at some good. The good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim." Aristotle "Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers." Lord Tennyson
"I am now a central part of your mind's landscape whether you care or do not." Steven Morrissey
"I am troubled immeasurably by your eye. I am struck by the feather of your soft reply. The sound of glass speaks quick disdain and conceals what your eyes fight to explain." Jim Morrison
"The lady will have the linguini with clam sauce and a Coke, no ice. Remember, wherever you are, that's the place to be. Isn't this great?" Mike Damone, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
"I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash you got in the register." H.I. McDonnough, Raising Arizona
"Worship the music, not the musicians." Eddie Vedder
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw
"Life can only be understood backwards." Kierkegaard "I wish I was like you, easily amused." Kurt Cobain
"Love is all you need." John Lennon

The accents that Allison demonstrates are: French, Irish, Southern, snotty-rich, New York, Canadian, and sub-continental Indian.

David (Mackenzie Astin) says that 'cazique' is the highest scoring word in Scrabble. 'Quartzy' is the highest scoring word (162 points), with 'cazique' and 'bezique' running in second at a 161 points.