Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

"This," he says. "This is why The Beatles got it."

"I'm afraid I'm not following-"

"Other bands, it's about sex. Or pain. Or some fantasy. But The Beatles, they knew what they were doing. You know the reason The Beatles made it so big?"

"What?"

"'I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' First single. Fucking brilliant. Perhaps the most fucking brilliant song ever written. Because they nailed it. That's what everyone wants. Not 24-7 hot wet sex. Not a marriage that lasts a hundred years. Not a Porsche or a blow job or a million-dollar crib. No. They wanna hold your hand.

To Martha and Real Nick

lucky coin is still kept at the company’s head offices in Denmark.

The coin brought him such good luck that today Egmont has offices in over 30 countries around the world.

EGMONT
Our story began over a century ago, when seventeen-year-old Egmont Harald Petersen found a coin in the street. He was on his way to buy a flyswatter, a small hand-operated printing machine that he then set up in his tiny apartment.

Maybe they’re always there and you just need to live enough life to get them to make sense,” Dev says.

you intimidate guys with a look or a comment before they can even decide if they want a chance with you.

If I do this, it will be like jumping into the middle of the mosh pit. Dangerous. Exhilarating. Terrifying. It’s only a fucking turnstile, but what if I don’t make it to the other side. Some people never make it out of the mosh alive.

Shit, this is not funny, because I could seriously fall in love with you.

“Maybe,” I say, “what we’re supposed to do is come together. That’s how we stop the breaking.”

Tikkun olam.