- Maezumi: A bowl of ramen is a self-contained universe with life from the sea, the mountains, and the earth. All existing in perfect harmony. Harmony is essential. What holds it all together is the broth. The broth gives life to the ramen.
- Abby: I don't know anything about love. Every time I feel it, it's gone, it disappears and all I have left is pain and sadness.
- Gretchen: Hey Japan! I was fired tonight! On Christmas Eve!... Heartless japanese! Cold blooded Japan!
- Gretchen: I'm so fucking wasted, I'm about to collapse. You got any beer?
- Abby: Sure.
- Gretchen: Drama. Total fucking drama! You won't believe the *shit* I've been through tonight. The *creep* who pays the rent on my apartment keeps bringing home his asshole friends. Asks me to do them *favors* and stuff. Once in a while, okay, I mean, it's a *great* fucking apartment. But there is a limit! Tonight, I get back from the bar, there he is, with Godzilla man, asking me to do them another "favor."
- [scoffs]
- Gretchen: I lost it! Do you think I look like shit, you should see the apartment. So do you think I could crash here?