from the screenplay:
CLEMENTINE (CONT'D)
It's helpful to think there's some order
to things. You're kind of closed
mouthed, aren't you?
JOEL
Sorry. My life isn't that interesting.
I go to work. I go home. I don't know
what to say.
CLEMENTINE
Oh.
(considers this)
Does that make you sad? Or anxious? I'm
always anxious thinking I'm not living my
life to the fullest, y'know? Taking
advantage of every possibility? Just
making sure that I'm not wasting one
second of the little time I have.
JOEL
I think about that.
...
CLEMENTINE
I like you. That's the thing about my
psychic thing. I think that's my
greatest psychic power, that I get a
sense about people. My problem is I
never trust it. But I get it. And with
you I get that you're a really good guy.
JOEL
Thanks.
CLEMENTINE
And, anyway, you sell yourself short. I
can tell. There's a lot of stuff going
on in your brain. I can tell. My
goal... can I tell you my goal?
JOEL
Yeah.
CLEMENTINE
(ala Paul Simon)
What's the goal, Joel?
(laughs)
My goal, Joel, is to just let it flow
through me? Do you know what I mean?
It's like, there's all these emotions and
ideas and they come quick and they change
and they leave and they come back in a
different form and I think we're all
taught we should be consistent. Y'know?
You love someone -- that's it. Forever.
You choose to do something with your life
-- that's it, that's what you do. It's a
sign of maturity to stick with that and
see things through. And my feeling is
that's how you die, because you stop
listening to what is true, and what is
true is constantly changing. You know?
JOEL
Yeah. I think so. It's hard to --
CLEMENTINE
Like I wanted to talk to you. I didn't
need any more reason to do it. Who knows
what bigger cosmic reason might exist?
JOEL
Yeah.
CLEMENTINE
You're very nice. God, I have to stop
saying that. You're nervous around me,
huh?
JOEL
No.
