Lawrence of Arabia (1962, David Lean)

T.E. Lawrence: A thousand Arabs means a thousand knives, delivered anywhere day or night. It means a thousand camels. That means a thousand packs of high explosives and a thousand crack rifles. We can cross Arabia while Johnny Turk is still turning round, and smash his railways. And while he's mending them, I'll smash them somewhere else. In thirteen weeks, I can have Arabia in chaos.

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Secretary (2002, Steven Shainberg)

E. Edward Grey: Look, we can't do this 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Lee: Why not?

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Secretary (2002, Steven Shainberg)

Lee: In one way or another I've always suffered. I didn't know why exactly. But I do know that I'm not so scared of suffering now.  I feel more than I've ever felt and I've found someone to feel with. To play with. To love in a way that feels right for me. I hope he knows that I can see that he suffers too. And that I want to love him.

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Eraserhead (1977, David Lynch)

Mrs. X: Henry, may I speak to you a minutes? Over here. Did you and Mary have sexual intercourse?

Henry Spencer: [stammering] Why?

Mrs. X: Did you?

Henry Spencer: Why are you asking me this question?

Mrs. X: I have a very good reason, and now I want you to tell me.

Henry Spencer: I'm, I'm very... I love Mary!

Mrs. X: [interrupting] Henry, I asked you if you and Mary had sexual intercourse!

Henry Spencer: Well, I don't... I don't think that's any of your business!

Mrs. X: [interrupting] Henry!

Henry Spencer: I'm sorry.

Mrs X: You're in a very bad trouble if you won't cooperate...

[nuzzling at his neck]

Henry Spencer: Well, I...

[calls]

Henry Spencer: Mary!

Mary X: [grabbing her away] Mother!

[sobs]

Mrs. X: Answer me!

Henry Spencer: I'm too nervous.

Mrs. X: There's a baby. It's at the hospital.

Mary X: Mom!

Mrs. X: And you're the father.

Henry Spencer: Well, well that's impossible! It's only been...

Mary X: Mother, they're still not sure it is a baby!

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The Apartment (1960, Billy Wilder)

Fran Kubelik: When you're in love with a married man, you shouldn't wear mascara. 

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Scream (1996, Wes Craven)

Sidney Prescott: Why? Why did you kill my mother?

Billy: Why? WHY! You hear that Stu? I think she wants a motive

[Stu Chortles]

Billy: Well I don't really believe in motives Sid, I mean did Norman Bates have a motive?

Stu: No.

Billy: Did we ever find out why Hannibal Lecter like to eat people? DON'T THINK SO! See it's a lot more scarier when there's no motive, Sid. We did your Mom a savor, Sid. That woman was a slut-bag whore who flashed her shit all over town like she was Sharon Stone or somethin'.

Stu: Yeah, we put her out of her misery, 'cause let's face it Sidney, your mother was no Sharon Stone, hmm?

Billy: Is that motive good enough for you? How about this? Your slut mother was fucking my father and she's the reason my mom moved out and abandoned me.

[Sid looks astonished]

Billy: How's that for a motive? Maternal abandonment causes serious deviant behavior. It certainly fucked you up. It made you have sex with a psychopath. 

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Martyrs (2008, Pascal Laugier)

Mademoiselle: Martyrs are exceptional people. They survive pain, they survive total deprivation. They bear all the sins of the earth. They give themselves up. They transcend themselves... they are transfigured. 

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The Craft (1996, Andrew Fleming)

Driver: Watch out for the weirdos, girls.

Nancy: We are the weirdos, mister.

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Interview with a Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

Louis: You see that old woman? That will never happen to you. You will never grow old and you will never die.

Claudia: And it means something else too, doesn't it? I shall never ever grow up

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Requiem for a Dream (2000, Darren Aronofsky)

Marion Silver: I love you, Harry. You make me feel like a person. Like I'm me... and I'm beautiful.

Harry Goldfarb: You are beautiful. You're the most beautiful girl in the world. You are my dream. 

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Age of Innocence (1993, Martin Scorsese)

Ellen Olenska: I think we should look at reality, not dreams.

Newland Archer: I just want us to be together!

Ellen Olsenska: I can't be your wife, Newland! Is it your idea that I should live with you as your mistress?

Newland Archer: I want... Somehow, I want to get away with you... and... and find a world where words like that don't exist!

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The Seven Year Itch (1955, Billy Wilder)

The Girl: Your imagination! You think every girl's a dope. You think a girl goes to a party and there's some guy in a fancy striped vest strutting around giving you that I'm-so-handsome-you-can't-resist-me look. From this she's supposed to fall flat on her face. Well, she doesn't fall on her face. But there's another guy in the room, over in the corner. Maybe he's nervous and shy and perspiring a little. First, you look past him. But then you sense that he's gentle and kind and worried. That he'll be tender with you, nice, and sweet. That's what's really exciting.

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Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005, Miranda July)

Christine Jesperson: I mean, they kind of rub my ankles, but all shoes does that. I have low ankles.

Richard Swersey: You think you deserve that pain, but you don't.

Christine Jesperson: I don't think I deserve it.

Richard Swersey: Well, not consciously maybe.

Christine Jesperson: My ankles are just low...

Richard Swersey: People think that foot pain is a fact of life, but life is actually better than that.

Michael: I'll say. You should get some. Your whole life could be better. Just starting right now. 

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Laurence Anyways (2012, Xavier Dolan)

Laurence Alia: Should I talk about the letters I never sent? To the A.Z. Woman?
La journaliste: By calling her that, don't you feel like you are objectifying her?
Laurence Alia: No. I Call her A.Z., because it all begins and ends with her.

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I Stand Alone (1998, Gaspar Noe)

Narrator: Death isn't much of anything in the end. We make such a big deal out of it. But up close, it's like nothing. A body without life, nothing more. People are like animals. You love them, you bury them and it's over. Still, it's my first time seeing it. Hers too. But she seems all upset. Yet there's nothing to get all mushy over. All right, yeah. I'll walk her home. She looks fragile. Besides... she's pretty.

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Hard Candy (2005, David Slade)

Jeff Kohlver: Look. I'm not the monster you think I am. But, okay, I crossed a line. Just call the cops. I'll turn myself in.
Hayley Stark: [as if narrating a headline] Cute Pedophile Pleads Guilty.
[speaking as a defense attorney]
Hayley Stark: "Aww, it's not his fault. He's sick. He has an addiction."
Jeff Kohlver: I'll do jail. Isn't that what should happen?
Hayley Stark: Yeah. You might. You might get jail time. I dunno: therapy, drugs, group discussions, notifying people when you move into a new house. How bad is that, really?
Jeff Kohlber: It'll ruin my career, ruin my life.
Hayley Stark: Well, didn't Roman Polanski just win an Oscar?

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Ashes of Time (1994, Wong Kar-wai)

Huang Yao-shi: Someone I met recently gave me this gave me this bottle of wine. She said this wine is magic. One cup and you'll forget your past. I thought it was nonsense. How could such a wine exist? She said the root of man's problem is memory. Without a past, everyday would be a new beginning. Wouldn't that be great?

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Jubilee (1978, Derek Jarman)

Crabs: And the world's your oyster, so swallow it.

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Paris is Burning (1990, Jennie Livingston)

When someone has rejection from their mother and father, their family, they - when they get out in the world - they search. They search for someone to fill that void.

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Gummo (1997, Harmony Korine)

Solomon: [voiceover] Xenia, Ohio. Xenia, Ohio. A few years ago, a tornado hit this place. It killed the people, left and right. Dogs died. Cats died. Houses were split open, and you could see necklaces hanging from branches of trees. People's legs and neck bones were sticking out. Oliver found a leg on his roof. A lot of people's fathers died, and were killed by the great tornado. I saw a girl fly through the sky, and I looked up her skirt. Her skull was smashed. And some kids died. My neighbor was killed in that house. He used to ride bikes and three-wheelers. They never found his head. I always thought that was funny. People died in Xenia. Before dad died, he had a bad case of diabetes.

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