The English Patient Quotes

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Katharine Clifton: My darling. I'm waiting for you. How long is the day in the dark? Or a week? The fire is gone, and I'm horribly cold. I really should drag myself outside but then there'd be the sun. I'm afraid I waste the light on the paintings, n...

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Madox: I have to teach myself not to read too much into everything. It comes from too long having to read so much into hardly anything at all.

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Almásy: Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again.

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Hana: [reads Almásy's note on the firecracker] "Betrayals in war are childlike compared with our betrayals during peace. New lovers are nervous and tender, but smash everything. For the heart is an organ of fire." For the heart is an organ of fire.I...

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Katharine Clifton: Will we be alright? Almásy: Yes. Yes, absolutely. Katharine Clifton: "Yes" is a comfort. "Absolutely" is not.

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Katharine Clifton: You speak so many bloody languages, and you never want to talk.

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Almásy: There is no God, but I hope someone watches over you.

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Almásy: You're wearing the thimble. Katharine Clifton: Of course, you idiot. I always wear it; I've always worn it; I've always loved you.

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Almásy: I once traveled with a guide who was taking me to Faya. He didn't speak for nine hours. At the end of it he pointed at the horizon and said, "Faya!" That was a good day.

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Katharine Clifton: Promise me you'll come back for me. Almásy: I promise, I'll come back for you. I promise, I'll never leave you.

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Hana: There's a man downstairs. He brought us eggs. He might stay. Almásy: Why? Can he lay eggs? Hana: He's Canadian. Almásy: Why are people always so happy when they collide with someone from the same place? What happened in Montreal when you pass...

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Almásy: This... this, the hollow at the base of a woman's throat, does it have an official name? Madox: Good God, man, pull yourself together.

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Almásy: There is no God... but I hope someone looks after you. Madox: Just in case you're interested, it's called the suprasternal notch. Come and visit us in Dorset when all this nonsense is over. [Heads away but turns back] Madox: You'll never com...

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Almásy: I just wanted you to know: I'm not missing you yet. Katharine Clifton: You will.

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Almásy: How can you ever smile, as if your life hadn't capsized?

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Almásy: What do you love? Katharine Clifton: What do I love? Almásy: Say everything. Katharine Clifton: Hm, let's see... Water. Fish in it. And hedgehogs; I love hedgehogs. Almásy: And what else? Katharine Clifton: Marmite - I'm addicted. And bath...

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Katharine Clifton: Am I K in your book? I think I must be.

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Almásy: I once heard of a captain who wore a patch over a good eye. The men fought harder for him.

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