Memorable Quotes from Gordon Pinsent
5 quotesReflections on Early Marriage Decisions
Kristy
And, how old were you when you met?
Grant
She was 18.
Kristy
Holy! That's pretty young to get married, eh?
Grant
Wasn't my idea.
Kristy
You mean she proposed to you? Well, that's lovely, that's what I think. How'd she do it?
Grant
She hadn't planned it necessarily. We were in Tobermory, waiting for the ferry to Manitoulin, and it was miserable and rainy, and she was in a good mood. And, she didn't want any part of my sour mood.
Kristy
What'd she do, what'd she say?
Grant
Well, she said: "Do you think it'd be fun... Do you think it'd be fun if we got married?
Kristy
And what did you say?
Grant
I took her up on it. I shouted yes. I never wanted to be away from her. She had the spark of life.
[pause]
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Navigating Policies and Personal Heartbreak
Grant
I'm quite aware of your policies. I'm more than aware of your fucking policies.
Frank
Well, once again, Nurse Kristy is taking me back to the second floor. The area to my right are the elevators, and as we go on down the hall, there's a man with a broken heart, broken in a thousand pieces. Well, we'll go to Madeleine's office, past the lunch room. Hopefully, they're serving right now. The cannelloni was cold yesterday, but let's see what it's doing today. Let's have - I gotta have some Cokes again. That's what I'm gonna do.
[as a play-by-play announcer]
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Uncertainty in Decision-Making
Grant
You're sure?
Fiona
I'm sure.
Grant
You don't want to just get a sense of the place? I don't want to make this decision alone.
Fiona
What place?
[turns and stares blankly at Grant]
Fiona
Just kidding.
[giggles]
Grant
Fuck off.
[grinning]
Fiona
You're not making this decision alone, Grant. I've already made up my mind.
[smiling, then pensive]
Grant
Okay.
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Choosing Happiness Over Anger
Marian
I'm thinking that sometimes you just have to make the decision to be happy. Just decide. Things aren't ever what you hoped they'd be. Not ever, for anybody. The only thing that separates one kind of person from another is there are some who stay angry about it and there are some who... accept what comes their way.
Grant
Which kind of person are you?
Marian
I was pretty mad about it. But now... looking at what came my way... I think I could be the other kind of person. Quite the philosopher, huh?
[sigh]
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Observation of Natural Light in a Room
Madeleine
So as you can see, we get a lot of natural light.
Grant
Yes, I can see that.
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