Tulsa: People don't go around saying what they feel, whenever they feel it. They have guards, and-and shields and other metaphors.

Gardner Elliot: Why?

Tulsa: Because we're all messed up and scarred and trying to be something that we're not and-and if we all went around just declaring our innermost desires to the exact people we felt them for, we all end up happy or something.


Gardner Elliot: You act like you hate the world so much, Tulsa.

Tulsa: Save your strength.

Gardner Elliot: It's all an act. The beautiful music you make gives you away.