Raoul Duke: The decision to flee came suddenly. Or maybe not. Maybe I had planned it all along, subconsciously waiting for the right moment. The bill was a factor, I think because I had no money to pay for it. Our room service tabs had been running s...
Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Dear Mother, They learn, learn quickly, faster than white troops it seems to me. They are almost grave and sedate under instruction and they restrain themselves. But the moment they are dismissed from drill every tongue is rel...
Harry Potter: Ginny! Neville! Are you all right? Neville Longbottom: Never better! I feel like I could spit fire! You haven't seen Luna have you? Harry Potter: Luna? Neville Longbottom: I'm mad for her. I think it's about time I told her, since we'll...
Esteban Vihaio: How may I be of service to you? The Bride: Where's Bill? Esteban Vihaio: Ahh... You must be Beatrix. I can see the attraction. I remember when Bill was only five years old, I took him to the movies. It was a movie starring Lana Turner...
The Bride: Karen... I just found out, right now, not a moment before you blew a hole through the door, that I'm pregnant. Karen Kim: What is this? The Bride: On the floor, by the door, is a strip that says I'm pregnant. Karen Kim: Bullshit. The Bride...
[Rufus places the necklace box in a cellophane bag, opening one drawer and another, scooping amounts of small roses and lavender in the bag. He then pulls out a four-inch cinnamon stick] Harry: What's that? Rufus: It's a cinnamon stick, sir. Harry: A...
Parky: This must be a very exciting moment for you, fighting for the Christmas Number One. How's it looking so far? Billy Mack: Very bad indeed... Blue are outselling me five to one. But I'm hoping for a late surge. And if I reach Number One, I promi...
George: I have hated this house from the moment my father put it in my name. Imagine, 29 years of hating what you're living in, hating what you *are*. This is the end of it, Sam. I'm finally building something of my own. Something I can be proud to g...
Eulogy Performer: Here - at this final hour, in this quiet place - Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and gone from us forever. For Harlem is where he worked and where he struggled and fought - his home ...
[Delivering the eulogy for Aunt Edna, flatly] Clark: O God, ease our suffering in this, our moment of great dispair. Yea, admit this good and decent woman into thine arms in the flock in thine heavenly area, up there. And Moab, he laid its down by th...
[last minute tips for Linus] Rusty: You look down, they know you're lying and up, they know you don't know the truth. Don't use seven words when four will do. Don't shift your weight, look always at your mark but don't stare, be specific but not memo...
Marjane's grandmother: So you're French, now? Marjane as a teenager: Nana, stop it. Marjane's grandmother: No no, I'm just asking, is all. I didn't know you were French. Marjane as a teenager: Do you think it's easy being Iranian here? The moment I s...
Sam: Charlie, I know that you know I like Craig. But I want to forget about that for a minute, okay? Charlie: Okay. Sam: I just want to make sure that the first person who kisses you loves you. Okay? Sam: [Charlie is silent, transfixed. Sam gives a w...
The Emperor: Come, boy, see for yourself. From here, you will witness the final destruction of the Alliance and the end of your insignificant rebellion. [Luke's eyes go to his lightsabre] The Emperor: You want this, don't you? The hate is swelling in...
Maria: I'd like to thank you all for the precious gift you left in my pocket today. Captain von Trapp: What gift? Maria: It's meant to be a secret between the children and me. Captain von Trapp: Then I suggest you keep it, and let us eat. Maria: Know...
The Operative: I already know you will not see reason. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: The Alliance wanted to show me reason, they shouldn't have sent an assassin. The Operative: I have a warship in deep orbit, Captain. We locked onto Serenity's pulse beacon...
Countess of Rothes: [coming out of her stateroom with a confused look on her face; sees a steward and stops him] Excuse me, why have the engines stopped? I felt a shudder. Steward #1: [calmly] I shouldn't worry, madam. We've likely thrown a propeller...
Ryan Bingham: If you think about it, your favorite memories, the most important moments in your life... were you alone? Jim Miller: No, I guess not. Ryan Bingham: Hey, come to think of it, last night, the night before your wedding, when all this shit...
[last lines] Paul Rivers: How many lives do we live? How many times do we die? They say we all lose 21 grams... at the exact moment of our death. Everyone. And how much fits into 21 grams? How much is lost? When do we lose 21 grams? How much goes wit...
Hedley Lamarr: Qualifications? Gum Chewer: [chewing gum] Murder... armed robbery... mayhem... Hedley Lamarr: Wait a moment. What have you got in your mouth? Gum Chewer: [stops chewing] Nuff'm. Hedley Lamarr: "Nuff'm", eh? Lyle! Lyle: [searches the ma...
While many of us admire nice things, materialism and suffering may share a connection. When we place a great deal of our happiness in material things, we run the great risk of losing our happiness when our material things become lost, old, or damaged...
