Benjamin Button: It's a funny thing about comin' home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You'll realize what's changed is you.
Mrs. Maple: Benjamin, we're meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?
Benjamin Button: It's funny how sometimes the people we remember the least make the greatest impression on us.
Benjamin Button: What if I told you that instead of gettin' older, I was gettin' younger than everybody else?
Mr. Braddock: Ben, what are you doing? Benjamin: Well, I would say that I'm just drifting. Here in the pool. Mr. Braddock: Why? Benjamin: Well, it's very comfortable just to drift here. Mr. Braddock: Have you thought about graduate school? Benjamin: ...
Mrs. Robinson: Benjamin, I am not trying to seduce you. Benjamin: I know that, but please, Mrs. Robinson, this is difficult... Mrs. Robinson: Would you like me to seduce you? Benjamin: What? Mrs. Robinson: Is that what you're trying to tell me? Benja...
[from trailer] Daisy - Age 7: Are you sick? Benjamin Button: They said I was gonna die soon but, maybe not. Daisy - Age 7: You're odd.
Benjamin Button: You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You could swear, curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.
Benjamin Button: Momma? Momma? Some days, I feel different than the day before. Queenie: Everyone feels different about themselves one way or another, but we all goin' the same way.
Daisy: I promise you, I'll never lose myself to self-pity again. Benjamin Button: [while the day begins] And I think, right there and then, she realized none of us is perfect forever.
Benjamin Button: Some nights, I'd have to sleep alone. I didn't mind, I would listen to the house breathin'. All those people sleepin'. I felt... safe.
[last lines] Paul Benjamin: Bullshit is a real talent Auggie. To make up a good story you have to know how to push all the right buttons. I'd say you were up there with all the masters. Auggie Wren: What do you mean? Paul Benjamin: I mean um, [chuckl...
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