Memorable Quotes from David Bowie
10 quotesLabyrinth - Dialogue 20
Sarah
Give me the child.
Jareth
Sarah, beware. I have been generous, up until now. But I can be cruel.
Sarah
Generous? What have you done that's generous?
[disbelieving]
Jareth
Everything! Everything that you wanted, I have done! You asked that the child be taken - I took him. You cowered before me - I was frightening. I have reordered time, I have turned the world upside down, and I have done it all for you! I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous?
Sarah
Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered ... I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the goblin city ... for my will is as strong as yours... and my kin-
[dreamily]
Jareth
Stop! Wait. Look, Sarah, look what I'm offering. Your dreams!
[he holds out the crystal]
Sarah
And my kingdom as great...
[undeterred]
Jareth
I ask for so little. Just let me rule you, and you can have everything that you want.
Sarah
Kingdom as great ... damn! I can never remember that line...
Jareth
Just fear me - love me - do as I say, and I will be your slave!
Sarah
My kingdom as great ... my kingdom as great ... You have no power over me!
[she looks at him, realization dawning]
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Love Lost Between Two Characters
Mary-Lou
I don't love you anymore.
Thomas Jerome Newton
And I don't love you.
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The Limitations of Television's Truths
Thomas Jerome Newton
The strange thing about television is that it doesn't tell you everything. It shows you everything about life on Earth, but the true mysteries remain. Perhaps it's in the nature of television. Just waves in space.
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Doubts and Loyalty in the Labyrinth
Jareth
Well! If it isn't you. And, uhh... WHERE. ARE YOU. GOING?
Hoggle
Uhh... well...the little lady gave me the slip, but uhh... I just hears her now. So I was just on my way to lead her back to the beginning, like you told me.
Jareth
I see. For one moment, I thought you were running to help her. But no... not after my warnings, that WOULD be stupid!
Hoggle
Oh! You bet it would! Me? Help her? After your warnings?
[laughs nervously]
Jareth
Oh dear, poor Hoghead.
[appearing suddenly in front of him]
Hoggle
Hoggle.
Jareth
I've just noticed that your lovely jewels are missing.
Hoggle
Uh, oh yes! So they are. My lovely jewels. Missing. I'd better find em, but first, I'm off to take the young lady back to the beginning of the Labyrinth, just like we planned!
Jareth
Wait! I've got a much better plan, Hoggle. Give her this.
Hoggle
What is it?
Jareth
It's a present.
Hoggle
It ain't gonna hurt the little lady, is it?
Jareth
Oh, why the concern?
Hoggle
I won't do nothin to harm her.
Jareth
Oh, come, come, come, Hogbrain! I'm surprised at you, losing your head over a girl.
Hoggle
I ain't lost my head!
Jareth
You don't think a young girl could like a repulsive little scab like you, do you?
Hoggle
Well, she did say we was...
Jareth
What? Bosom companions? Friends?
[dangerously]
Hoggle
It don't matter.
Jareth
You'll give her that, Hoggle, or I'll dip you straight into the Bog of Eternal Stench before you can blink! And Hoggle! If she ever kisses you, I'll turn you into a prince.
[points at the peach angrily]
Hoggle
Y-you will?
Jareth
Prince of the Land of Stench!
[laughs]
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The Nature of Dreams and Innocence
The Log Lady
When this kind of fire starts, it is very hard to put out. The tender boughs of innocence burn first, and the wind rises, and then all goodness is in jeopardy.
[to Laura]
Annie Blackburn
My name is Annie. I've been with Dale and Laura. The good Dale is in the lodge and can't leave. Write it in your diary.
[to Laura]
Man from Another Place
Do you know who I am? I am the arm, and I sound like this...
[makes whooping sounds]
Phillip Jeffries
It was a dream! We live inside a dream!
Jacques Renault
Hey, slow pokes... Guess what? There's no tomorrow... Know why, baby? Cause it'll never get here.
Jacques Renault
I'm blank as a fart.
Mrs. Tremond's Grandson
The man behind the mask is looking for the book with the pages torn out. He is going towards the hiding place.
[to Laura; whispering]
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Reciprocal Actions in Alien Encounters
Thomas Jerome Newton
We'd have probably done the same to you, if you'd come round our place.
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The Nature of Children Explored
Mary-Lou
What are they like, your children?
Thomas Jerome Newton
They're like children. Exactly like children...
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Unexpected Encounters in the Labyrinth
Jareth
Ahhh.... what have we here?
[in disguise as a bird-like beggar]
Hoggle
Uhhh, nothing!
Jareth
Nothing? Nothing?! Nothing?! Nothing, tra-la-la?!
[removing his disguise]
Hoggle
Your Majesty! What a NICE surprise.
Jareth
Hello, Hedgewart.
Sarah
Hogwart.
Hoggle
HOG-GLE!
Jareth
Hoggle... can it be that you're helping this girl?
Hoggle
Helping? In what sense?
Jareth
In the sense that you're leading her towards the castle?
Hoggle
No! No! I was taking her back to the beginning your Majesty.
Sarah
What?!
Hoggle
I told her I was gonna help her solve the Labyrinth, a little trickery on my part. But actually--
Jareth
What IS that plastic thing round your wrist?
[the bracelet Sarah has just given Hoggle in exchange for being led through the Labyrinth]
Hoggle
Oh...Oh this? Oh, my goodness, where did THIS come from?
[guiltily]
Jareth
Higgle...
Hoggle
Hoggle!
Jareth
Yes... If I thought for one second that you were betraying me, I'd be forced to suspend you head-first in the Bog of Eternal Stench.
Hoggle
AH NO, YOUR MAJESTY! NOT THE ETERNAL STENCH!
[grabs Jareth's knees]
Jareth
Oh YES, Hoggle! And you, Sarah - how are you enjoying my Labyrinth?
[throws him off]
Sarah
It's a piece of cake!
Jareth
Really? Then how about upping the stakes hmm?
[turns the clock forward to only 8 hours left]
Sarah
That's not fair!
Jareth
You say that so often! I wonder what your basis for comparison is. So the Labyrinth's a piece of cake, is it? Well let's see how you deal with this little slice...
[produces crystal; throws it down the corridor, where it becomes 'The Cleaners']
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A Request to the Goblin King
Sarah
You're him, aren't you? You're the Goblin King! I want my brother back, please, if it's all the same.
Jareth
What's said is said.
Sarah
But... I didn't mean it.
Jareth
Oh, you didn't?
Sarah
Please, where is he?
Jareth
You know very well where he is.
Sarah
Please bring him back. Please!
Jareth
Sarah... go back to your room. Play with your toys and your costumes. Forget about the baby.
Sarah
I can't.
Jareth
I've brought you... a gift.
Sarah
What is it?
Jareth
It's a crystal, nothing more. But if you turn it this way, and look into it, it'll show you your dreams. But this is no gift for an ordinary girl who takes care of a screaming baby. Do you want it? Then forget the baby!
[silence]
Sarah
I can't. It isn't that I don't appreciate what you're trying to do for me, but I want my brother back. He must be so scared--
Jareth
Sarah... don't defy me! You're no match for me, Sarah!
Sarah
But I have to have my brother back!
Jareth
He's there — in my castle. Do you still want to look for him?
[points]
Sarah
Is that... the castle beyond the Goblin City?
Jareth
Turn back, Sarah. Turn back before it's too late.
Sarah
I can't. Don't you understand that I can't?
Jareth
What a pity.
Sarah
It doesn't look that far.
Jareth
It's further than you think... and time is short. You have thirteen hours in which to solve the Labyrinth, before your baby brother becomes one of us... forever. Such a pity...
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Doubts of Perseverance in a Labyrinth
Jareth
She's in the ]. Shut up! She should not have gotten as far as the oubliette, she should have given up by now.
[looking at Sarah through a crystal; [w:oubliette|oubliette; goblins laugh]
Goblin
She'll never give up.
Jareth
Won't she? The dwarf's about to lead her back to the beginning, she'll soon give up when she realises she has to start all over again.... Well, laugh!
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