Memorable Quotes from Carey Mulligan
15 quotesThe Importance of Life Before Graduation
Jenny Mellor
If people die the moment that they graduate, then surely it's the things we do beforehand that count.
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Confrontation at a Wedding Reception
Cassandra
I take it you're the groom.
Al Monroe
Yeah.
Cassandra
Then sit the fuck down.
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Forgiveness Amidst Guilt and Regret
Jordan
You know, I got a bonus for every settlement out of court. I got another bonus for every charge dropped. We all did. There was a guy... his only job was to go through all their social media accounts for any compromising information. He contacted old friends, past sexual partners. Oh, you'd be amazed how much easier it is now with the internet to dig up dirt. In the old days we used to go through a girl's trash. Now? One drunk photo at a party. Oh, you wouldn't believe how hostile that makes a jury. You gotta help me. I can't sleep. I can't SLEEP. I haven't slept since... I will never forgive myself. I want you to know that. I'll never forgive myself for any of this.
[grabs Cassie's hands pleadingly]
Cassandra
I forgive you.
[crying]
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Nightmares of Men and Women Explored
Al Monroe
It's every man's worst nightmare, getting accused of something like that.
[about rape]
Cassandra
Can you guess what every woman's worst nightmare is?
[deadpan]
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A Life Transformed by Love and Escape
Laura McAllan
I was a 31-year-old virgin when I met Henry McAllan in the spring of 1939. I lived with my parents in the house I grew up in. My world was small, and he was my rescuer from a life in the margins.
[narrating]
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Unexpected Family Connections in Dating Conversations
Ryan
Dating's horrible, everyone's horrible, okay? I went on a date last month with a woman who wanted to euthanize the homeless.
Cassandra
You went on date with my mom?
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The Harsh Realities of Country Life
Laura McAllan
Violence is part and parcel of country life. You're forever being assailed by dead things. Dead mice, dead rabbits, dead possums. You find them in the yard. You smell them rottin under the house. And then there are the creatures you kill for food. Chickens, hogs, deer, frogs, squirrels. Pluck, skin, disembowel, debone, fry. Eat, start again, kill. I learned how to stitch up a bleeding wound... load and fire a shotgun... reach into the womb of a heavin sow to deliver a breeched piglet. My hands did these things... but I was never easy in my mind.
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Uncertainty Surrounding Paternity in a Relationship
Jean
I don't know.
Llewyn
You don't know if it's mine?
Jean
No. How would I know?
Llewyn
So it could be Jim's?
Jean
Yes, asshole!
Llewyn
You don't want it either way, to be clear?
Jean
To be clear, asshole, you fucking asshole, I want very much to have it if it's Jim's. That's what I want. But since I don't know, you not only fucked things up by fucking me and maybe making me pregnant, but even if it's not yours, I can't know that, so I might have to get rid of what might be a perfectly fine baby, a baby I want, because everything you touch turns to shit! Like King Midas's idiot brother.
Llewyn
Well, okay. I see.
Jean
You know a doctor, right?
Llewyn
Yes.
Jean
From when? Whatever, Diane?
Llewyn
Yes.
Jean
And you'll pay for it.
Llewyn
Yes.
Jean
Don't tell Jim, obviously. I should've had you wear double condoms. Well, we shouldn't have done it in the first place, but if you ever do it again, which as a favor to women everywhere, you should not, but if you do, you should be wearing condom on condom and then wrap it in electrical tape. You should just walk around always inside a great big condom because you are shit!
Llewyn
Okay.
Jean
You should not be in contact with any living thing being shit.
Llewyn
Have you ever heard the expression, "It takes two to tango"?
Jean
Fuck you!
Llewyn
Well, I could say we should talk about this when you're less angry, but that would be... that would be... when would that be?
Jean
Fuck you! I miss Mike.
Llewyn
Could I ask you for a favor?
Jean
You're joking.
Llewyn
It's not for me. It's for the Gorfeins. Their cat got out. Could you leave the fire escape window open?
Jean
It's winter.
Llewyn
Just enough for the cat to squeeze back in? It could come back.
Jean
To our apartment? It was there like six hours. Why would it come back there?
Llewyn
I don't know! I'm not a fucking cat! Think about it! I lost their fucking cat! I feel bad about it!
Jean
That's what you feel bad about?
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No Shortcuts to the Life I Desire
Jenny Mellor
The life I want, there is no shortcut.
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A Memory of First Encounters
Standard
Do you want to hear how mommy and me met?
Standard
Yeah? Okay. We were at a party. And she was nineteen years old.
Irene
Seventeen.
Standard
You weren't seventeen.
Irene
I was.
Standard
Wow. So it was illegal. All right. So I illegally walked over to a seventeen year old girl. And I walk up and I say, "Hello, Miss. What is your name?" And she didn't say anything. And then I said, "Well my name is Standard Gabriel." Then what did you say?
[Laughs]
Irene
I said, "Where's the deluxe version?
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Letting Go of the Past
Mrs. Fisher
I know you feel bad that you weren't there but you gotta let it go.
Cassandra
I'm just trying to fix it.
Mrs. Fisher
Oh, come on. You can't. Don't be a child, Cassie.
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The Ephemeral Nature of Love and Art
Jenny Mellor
It's funny though, isn't it? All that poetry and all those songs, about something that lasts no time at all.
[about sex]
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A Unique Perspective on Virginity
Jenny Mellor
I don't want to lose my virginity to a piece of fruit.
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Confrontation and Misunderstanding in a Tense Moment
Paul
That was humiliating!
[laughing]
Cassandra
Why don't you just fuck off, now OK?
Paul
Wait, are you sober? Oh shit! You're that psycho that Jerry took home.
Cassandra
I don't know what you're talking about.
Paul
You know what, not interested, sweetheart. Why don't you just take crazy somewhere else? You're not even that hot.
Cassandra
You're hardly dropping panties yourself, Paul. When was the last time you scored in daylight?
Paul
Careful.
[threateningly]
Cassandra
No, you be careful. I'm not the only one who does this. And some of the other girls really are crazy.
[advancing on him]
Paul
I don't believe you.
Cassandra
There's a woman in this city who carries a pair of scissors.
Paul
You're lying.
Cassandra
Try it out next time you go out, and see what happens.
Paul
Why do you guys have to ruin everything?
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The Importance of Taking Action
Jenny Mellor
If you never do anything, you never become anyone.
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