Ryan Atwood quotes from The O.C.

Ryan

Modern medicine is advancing to the point where the average human life span will be a hundred. But I read this article which said Social Security is supposed to run out by the year 2025, which means people are gonna have to stay in their jobs until they're 80. So I don't wanna commit to anything too soon.

Ryan

You know what I like about rich kids? [punches Luke] Nothing.

Ryan

[to Marissa] Yeah, but what about your Dad? Kaitlin? Summer? What about me? What am I supposed to do without you? I mean, I'd get over you eventually, but it'd take a while.

Ryan

I'm gonna brood. Silently. Over here.

Ryan

Seth shops for girlfriends in the yearbook.

Ryan

She's been asking questions about you: who you are, what you're like. And even though I told her, she still wants to get to know you.

Ryan

I just had a lot of people in my life who just left. Thought those days were gone, but guess they aren't.

Ryan

[to Seth] The point is, Summer doesn't want to be you, she wants to be with you.

Ryan

Hey! Let's go graduate!

Ryan

[on phone, leaving a construction site] Yeah, I'm just leaving the site now. Everything looks good. We're on schedule to meet our target date. Thank you. [As he reaches the truck, he hangs up and sees a young boy waiting by a pay phone. He may have been there for a pretty long time. Ryan thinks back to the beginning when he was in a similar situation.] Hey, kid. You need any help?

Marissa

Who are you?

Ryan

Whoever you want me to be

Marissa

Do you like them? [the music playing on the car's player]

Ryan

Yeah I guess.

Marissa

Well, what do you like?

Ryan

Everything. I don't know, I don't really listen to music.

Seth

Dude, that's kinda weird.

Ryan

Why, what do you like?

Marissa

Oh, right now..? Punk.

Seth

I'm sorry, Avril Lavigne doesn't count as punk.

Marissa

Oh yeah? Well what about The Cramps, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash, Sex Pistols?

Seth

I listen to the same music as Marissa Cooper? I think I have to kill myself.

Ryan

I'm not too popular around here. And your boyfriend? A little angry.

Marissa

Oh, and you're telling me you didn't try to hit him back?

Ryan

Actually, I hit him first.

Marissa

Well, hard to believe you're not more popular.

Ryan

I used to want to be an architect.

Kirsten

And what do you want to be now?

Ryan

Seventeen.

Kirsten

Me, too.

Sandy

It's gonna be ok.

Ryan

[scoffs, sarcastically] My mom ditched me, I burned your wife's house down, how is this gonna "be ok"?