"Everybody needs a co-pilot" –Up In the Air

Ryan : Er...Kara mentioned that you were having some thoughts.

Jim : I don't think I'm going to be able to er... to do this.

Ryan : Why would you say that...today?

Jim : Well, last night I was kinda laying in bed and I couldn't get to sleep. So I started thinking about the wedding and the ceremony, and about our buying a house and moving in together. And having a kid, and having another kid and then Christmas and Thanksgiving and spring break. Going to football games, and then all of a sudden they're graduating. They're getting jobs, getting married. And, you know, I'm a grandparent. And then I'm retired. I'm losing my hair, I'm getting fat. And then the next thing you know I'm dead. I'm just, like...I can't stop from thinking, what's the point? I mean, what is the point?

Ryan : The point?

Jim : What am I starting here?

Ryan : Jim, it's...marriage. It's one of the most beautiful things on earth. It's what people aspire to.

Jim : You never got married.

Ryan : That's true.

Jim : I mean, you never even tried.

Ryan : Well, it's hard to define try.

Jim : I don't know, just you seem happier than all my married friends.

Ryan : Look, Jim, I'm not going to lie to you. Marriage can be a pain in the ass. And you're right. This all is just stuff that leads to your eventual demise.

Jim : Yes.

Ryan : And we're all on running clocks. And they can't be slowed down or paused. And...we all end up in the same place.

Jim : yeah.

Ryan : There is no point.

Jim : There is no point. That's what I'm saying.

Ryan : You know, er... I'm not normally the guy you would talk to about stuff like this. If you think about it... your favourite memories, the most important moments in your life. Were you alone?

Jim : No, I guess not.

Ryan : Come to think of it, last night, the night before your wedding when all this shit is swirling around in your head, weren't you guys in separate bedrooms?

Jim : Yeah, Julie went back to the apartment and I was just by myself in the honeymoon suite.

Ryan : Kinda lonely, huh?

Jim : Yes, it was pretty lonely.

Ryan : Life's better with company.

Jim : Yeah...

Ryan : Everybody needs a co-pilot.