"Brighton Beach Memoirs" Quotes

If you want to know the truth, I don't have much of a future. I know I'm not going to college. I'll be lucky if I get through high school.

I didn't invite you. I don't even like you. But my mother thinks we should be together.

I have dreams, too, y'know. But I can never make them come true. I'm always afraid to try.

You're not the only one with problems, you know. I have to work so hard to keep this family together.

Sometimes it's better to lie. Then you don't have to remember what you said.

I just want to be happy. Is that too much to ask for?

I may not be the smartest or the strongest, but I have heart. And that counts for something.

There's a whole world out there beyond this neighborhood. I want to see it all.

Family is everything. We may fight, but in the end, we stick together.

Life is tough, but we've got to keep pushing through. We can't give up.