[last lines]
Lester Burnham: [narrating] I had always heard your entire life flashes in
front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second
isn't a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time... For
me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars... And
yellow leaves, from the maple trees, that lined our street... Or my
grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper... And the first
time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird... And Janie... And Janie... And...
Carolyn. I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but
it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I
feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like
a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop
trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't
feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life...
You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will
someday.
Ricky
Fitts: It was one of those days when it's a minute
away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear
it. Right? And this bag was just dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me
to play with it. For fifteen minutes. That's the day I realized that there was
this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that
wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor
excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... I need to remember... Sometimes
there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart
is just going to cave in.
Dr. Rosen: Imagine
if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important
to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, had never been. What kind of hell
would that be?
Hansen: So
how about it, Nash? You scared?
Nash:
Terrified... mortified... petrified... stupefied... by you.
Alicia: Often
what I feel is obligation, or guilt over wanting to leave, or rage against
John, against God. But then I look at him and I force myself to see the man I
married. And he becomes that man. He's transformed into someone I love. And
then I'm transformed into someone who loves him. It's not all the time. But
it's enough.
Nash:
What truly is logic? Who decides reason? My quest has taken me to the physical,
the metaphysical, the delusional, and back. I have made the most important
discovery of my career - the most important discovery of my life. It is only in
the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found. I am
only here tonight because of you
[looking at and speaking to Alicia]
Nash: You
are the only reason I am. You are all my reasons. Thank you.
[applause from audience]
Forrest Gump: I am not be a perfect man Jenny, but I know what love is…
Forrest Gump: What's the matter, Mama?
Mrs. Gump: I'm dying, Forrest. Come on in, sit down over here.
Forrest Gump: Why are you dying, Mama?
Mrs. Gump: It's my time. It's just my time. Oh, now, don't you be
afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life. Something we're all destined
to do. I didn't know it, but I was destined to beyour mama. I did the best I
could.
Forrest Gump: You did good.
Mrs. Gump: Well, I happen to believe you make your own destiny.
You have to do the best with what God gave you.
Forrest Gump: What's my destiny, Mama?
Mrs. Gump: You're gonna have to figure that out for yourself.
Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna to get.
Forrest Gump: [voice over] Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could
understand them.
Mrs. Gump: I will miss you, Forrest.
Forrest Gump: [voice over] She
had got the cancer and died on a Tuesday. I bought her a new hat with little
flowers on it.
[back on the bus bench where the elderly
woman sitting next to Forrest is crying]
Forrest Gump: And that's all I have to say about that.
Forrest Gump: You died on a Saturday morning. And I had you placed here under our
tree. And I had that house of your father's bulldozed to the ground. Momma
always said dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. Little Forrest,
he's doing just fine. About to start school again soon. I make his breakfast,
lunch, and dinner every day. I make sure he combs his hair and brushes his
teeth every day. Teaching him how to play ping-pong. He's really good. We fish
a lot. And every night, we read a book. He's so smart, Jenny. You'd be so proud
of him. I am. He, uh, wrote a letter, and he says I can't read it. I'm not
supposed to, so I'll just leave it here for you. Jenny, I don't know if Momma
was right or if, if it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny,
or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I
think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time. I miss you,
Jenny. If there's anything you need, I won't be far away.
Andy Dufresne: [in a
letter to Red] Dear Red. If you're reading this, you've gotten out. And if
you've come this far, maybe you're willing to come a little further. You
remember the name of the town, don't you?
Andy Dufresne: I could
use a good man to help me get my project on wheels. I'll keep an eye out for
you and the chessboard ready. Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the
best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter
finds you, and finds you well. Your friend. Andy.
Red: Sure, Andy. Anything.
Andy Dufresne:
There's a big hayfield up near Buxton. You know where Buxton is?
Red: Well, there's...
there's a lot of hayfields up there.
Andy Dufresne: One
in particular. It's got a long rock wall with a big oak tree at the north end.
It's like something out of a Robert Frost poem. It's where I asked my wife to
marry me. We went there for a picnic and made love under that oak and I asked
and she said yes. Promise me, Red. If you ever get out... find that spot. At
the base of that wall, you'll find a rock that has no earthly business in a
Maine hayfield. Piece of black, volcanic glass. There's something buried under
it I want you to have.
Red: What, Andy? What's
buried under there?
Andy Dufresne:
[turns to walk away] You'll have to pry it up... to see.
Andy Dufresne: They
say it has no memory. That's where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm
place with no memory.
[Warden
Norton finds the bible in his safe after Andy escapes and finds the message
Andy left for him]
[Norton
flips through a couple of pages to find the outline of the rock hammer that was
hidden in the Book of Exodus within the Bible, and then drops it on the floor
in shock]
Benjamin Button: [Voice over; letter to his daughter]
For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be
whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can
change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best
or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things
that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet
people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of.
If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over
again.
[last
lines]
Benjamin Button: Some
people, were born to sit by a river. Some get struck by lightning. Some have an
ear for music. Some are artists. Some swim. Some know buttons. Some know
Shakespeare. Some are mothers. And some people, dance.
Daisy: Would
you still love me if I were old and saggy?
Benjamin Button: Would
you still love ME if I were young and had acne? When I'm afraid of what's under
the stairs? Or if I end up wetting the bed?
Ngunda Oti: You'll see little man, plenty of times you be alone. You different
like us, it's gonna be that way. But I tell you a little secret I find out. We know
we alone. Fat people, skinny people, tall people, white people... they just as
alone as us... but they scared shitless.
Christopher Gardner: Hey.
Don't ever let somebody tell you... You can't do something. Not even me. All
right?
Christopher Gardner: You
got a dream... You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they
wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period.
Christopher Gardner: It was right then that I started thinking
about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about
our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember
thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness
is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it.
No matter what. How did he know that?
Christopher Gardner: I met my father for the first time when I
was 28 years old. I made up my mind that when I had children, my children were
going to know who their father was.
Tyler Durden: Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever
lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire
generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising
has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we
don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We
have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our
Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe
that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we
won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.
Tyler Durden: Fuck
damnation, man! Fuck redemption! We are God's unwanted children? So be it!
Tyler Durden:
Listen, you can run water over your hand and make it worse or...
[shouts]
Tyler Durden: look
at me... or you can use vinegar and neutralize the burn.
Narrator:
Please let me have it... *Please*!
Tyler Durden: First
you have to give up, first you have to *know*... not fear... *know*... that
someday you're gonna die.
Tyler Durden: Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not
talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about
Fight Club! Third rule of Fight Club: someone yells "stop!", goes
limp, taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule: only two guys to a fight. Fifth
rule: one fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: No shirts, no shoes. Seventh
rule: fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule:
if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.
Christopher McCandless: I read somewhere... how important it is in
life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.
Christopher McCandless: Two years he walks the earth. No phone, no
pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic
voyager whose home is the road. Escaped from Atlanta. Thou shalt not return,
'cause "the West is the best." And now after two rambling years comes
the final and greatest adventure. The climactic battle to kill the false being
within and victoriously conclude the spiritual pilgrimage. Ten days and nights of
freight trains and hitchhiking bring him to the Great White North. No longer to
be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become
lost in the wild. - Alexander Supertramp May 1992
Charlie: Why
do nice people choose the wrong people to date?
Bill: Are
we talking about anyone specific?
[Charlie
nods]
Bill: We
accept the love we think we deserve.
Charlie: Can
we make them know they deserve more?
Charlie: I don't know if I will have the time to write any more letters
because I might be too busy trying to participate. So if this does end up being
the last letter I just want you to know that I was in a bad place before I
started high school and you helped me. Even if you didn't know what I was
talking about or know someone who's gone through it, you made me not feel
alone. Because I know there are people who say all these things don't happen.
And there are people who forget what it's like to be 16 when they turn 17. I
know these will all be stories someday. And our pictures will become old
photographs. We'll all become somebody's mom or dad. But right now these
moments are not stories. This is happening. I am here and I am looking at her.
And she is so beautiful. I can see it. This one moment when you know you're not
a sad story. You are alive, and you stand up and see the lights on the
buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you're listening to that
song and that drive with the people you love most in this world. And in this
moment I swear, we are infinite.
Leonard Shelby: I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have
to believe that my actions still have meaning, even if I can't remember them. I
have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. Do I
believe the world's still there? Is it still out there?... Yeah. We all need
mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. I'm no different.
Natalie:
What's the last thing that you do remember?
Leonard Shelby: I don't even know how long she's been gone. It's like
I've woken up in bed and she's not here... because she's gone to the bathroom
or something. But somehow, I know she's never gonna come back to bed. If I
could just... reach over and touch... her side of the bed, I would know that it
was cold, but I can't. I know I can't have her back... but I don't want to wake
up in the morning, thinking she's still here. I lie here not knowing... how
long I've been alone. So how... how can I heal? How am I supposed to heal if I
can't... feel time?
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: Don't
say that. Maggie walked through that door with nothing buts guts. No chance in
the world of being what she needed to be. It was because of you that she was
fighting the championship of the world. You did that. People die everyday,
Frankie - mopping floors, washing dishes and you know what their last thought
is? I never got my shot. Because of you Maggie got her shot. If she dies today
you know what her last thought would be? I think I did all right.
Maggie Fitzgerald: She's
tough, I can't go inside, I can't get close enough to hit her.
Frankie Dunn: Cause
she's a better fighter than you are, that's why. She's younger, she's stronger,
and she's more experienced. Now, what are you gonna do about it?
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: All fighters are pig-headed some way or
another: some part of them always thinks they know better than you about
something. Truth is: even if they're wrong, even if that one thing is going to
be the ruin of them, if you can beat that last bit out of them... they ain't
fighters at all.
Brandon: "Dear Lana, By the time you read this I'll be back home in
Lincoln. I'm scared of what's ahead, but when I think of you I know I'll be
able to go on. You were right, Memphis isn't that far off. I'll be taking that
trip down the highway before too long. I'll be waiting for you. Love always and
forever, Brandon."
Lana: Shut up, that's your business. I don't care if you are half monkey
or half ape, I'm gettin' you out of here!
Nicole: You
don't seem like you're from here.
Brandon: Where
does it seem like I'm from?
Nicole:
Someplace... beautiful.
[John
and Tom have pulled Brandon's pants down to show Lana that her boyfriend is
biologically female, but Lana refuses to acknowledge it]
[last
lines]
Nina: I
felt it. Perfect. I was perfect.
Nina: I
came to ask for the part.
Thomas Leroy: The
truth is when I look at you all I see is the white swan. Yes you're beautiful,
fearful, and fragile. Ideal casting. But the black swan? It's a hard fucking
job to dance both.
Nina: I can
dance the black swan, too.
Thomas Leroy:
Really? In four years every time you dance I see you obsessed getting each and
every move perfectly right but I never see you lose yourself. Ever! All that
discipline for what?
Nina:
[whispers] I just want to be perfect.
Nina: I
want to be perfect.
Thomas Leroy:
[scoffs] Perfection is not just about control. It's also about letting go.
Surprise yourself so you can surprise the audience. Transcendence! Very few
have it in them.
Nina: I
think I do have it in me.
Thomas Leroy:
[yelling] Now stop saying that! That's exactly what I'm talking about. Stop
being so fucking weak!
Thomas Leroy: We all know the story. Virginal girl, pure and sweet, trapped in the
body of a swan. She desires freedom but only true love can break the spell. Her
wish is nearly granted in the form of a prince, but before he can declare his
love her lustful twin, the black swan, tricks and seduces him. Devastated the
white swan leaps of a cliff killing herself and, in death, finds freedom.
Harvey Dent: You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become
the villain.
The Joker: You
wanna know how I got these scars? My father, was a drinker, and a fiend. And
one night, he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to
defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not. One. Bit. So, me watching, he takes
the knife to her, laughing while he does it. He turns to me and says, "Why
so serious?" Comes at me with the knife. "WHY SO SERIOUS?" He
sticks the blade in my mouth... "Let's put a smile on that face."
And...
[glancing
at thug]
[kills
Gambol]
The Joker: I
just did what I do best. I took your little plan and I turned it on itself.
Look what I did to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple of bullets.
Hmmm? You know... You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go
"according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I
tell the press that, like, a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of
soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it's all "part of the
plan". But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then
everyone loses their minds!
[Joker
hands Two-Face a gun and points it at himself]
The Joker:
Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes
chaos. I'm an agent of chaos. Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It's
fair!
Batman: Then
why do you want to kill me?
The Joker:
[giggling] I don't, I don't want to kill you! What would I do without you? Go
back to ripping off mob dealers? No, no, NO! No. You... you... complete me.
Batman:
You're garbage who kills for money.
The Joker: Don't
talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're
just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll
cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke.
Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows
them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these... these civilized
people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the
curve.
The Joker: Do I
really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars.
I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! You know, I just... *do*
things.
Saito:
Inception. Is it possible?
Saito: If
you can steal an idea, why can't you plant one there instead?
Arthur: Okay,
this is me, planting an idea in your mind. I say: don't think about elephants.
What are you thinking about?
Arthur:
Right, but it's not your idea. The dreamer can always remember the genesis of
the idea. True inspiration is impossible to fake.
Cobb: They say we only use a fraction of our brain's true potential. Now
that's when we're awake. When we're asleep, we can do almost anything.
Mal: Do you know what it is to be a lover? Half of a whole?
[repeated
lines]
Cobb:
You're waiting for a train. A train that'll take you far away. You know where
you hope this train will take you. But you can't know for sure. Yet it doesn't
matter. Now, tell me why?
Mal: Because you'll be
together!
Cobb: You
create the world of the dream. We bring the subject into that dream and fill it
with their subconscious.
Ariadne: How
could I ever acquire enough detail to make them think that it's reality?
Cobb: Well,
dreams, they feel real while we're in them right? Its only when we wake up then
we realize that something was actually strange.
I know one day there would be another beautiful girl in my life...
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