Luca Guadagnino’s Queer is a story of longing—for love, for companionship, for understanding. It is about loneliness and togetherness, a story expertly told and acted by Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey. In it, William Lee (Craig) plays an addict who becomes obsessed with a young man (Starkey) who is hard to read and is only willing to give so much. While surreal at times, its themes are ultimately universal and true to life: As humans, sometimes all we want is to be seen and known. And sometimes, the people we crave that from most are the ones who will never be able to give us what we need.

Here are the absolute best quotes from Queer:

1.

Joe Guidry (Jason Schwartzman): You look good, Lee.

William Lee (Daniel Craig): I do?

Joe: No. But it’s good to see you.

2.

William Lee (Daniel Craig): Sit down on your a**! Or what’s left of it after four years in the Navy.

3.

Doctor Cotter (Lesley Manville): What are you so afraid of? Hm? Door’s already open. Can’t close it now. All you can do is look away. But why would you?

4.

William Lee (Daniel Craig): Communication without speaking, on the level of intuition, it’s…

John Dumé (Drew Droege): Who is it that you’re trying so desperately to communicate with? Your wife?

5.

William Lee (Daniel Craig): Do you think he’s queer? I’ve been spending time with him. I can’t tell.

Joe Guidry (Jason Schwartzman): Well you could always just ask.

Lee: No, no, no, no, no, no.

6.

William Lee (Daniel Craig): There’s nothing recreational about heroin.

7.

William Lee (Daniel Craig): It’s hot on the inside and cold on the outside.

Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey): That’s why they call it Baked Alaska, I imagine.

8.

William Lee (Daniel Craig): No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything that is alive. The difficulty is to convince someone else he is really part of you. 

9.

William Lee (Daniel Craig): I want to talk to you… without speaking. And I want to touch you.

10.

Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey): I’m not queer. Lee… I’m not queer.

William Lee (Daniel Craig): I know.

Eugene: I’m disembodied.