Memorable Quotes from John Cusack
97 quotesThe Intrigue of Hotel Rooms
Mike Enslin
Hotel rooms are a naturally creepy place.
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Confronting Loss and Communication in Family
Nick Falzone
What is it?
[Finds Connie crying in the living room]
Connie Falzone
Sit down, Nick. I've been explaining to the kids what it means that daddy... won't be around anymore.
Nick Falzone
Hey... hey, hey Connie. Wait a minute, Connie... Connie, do you even want to hear my side of this?
[drops bouquet]
Connie Falzone
What's your side of my father dying...?
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A Message from Mary in Colorado
Nick Falzone
I called your house and Mary said you'd be out here.
[to Russell Bell]
Nick Falzone
She sounds good
Nick Falzone
Oh, she wanted I give you this message, "See, I told you Colorado wasn't far enough".
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Reflections on Unrequited Love and Self-Awareness
Rob Gordon
Some people never got over Nam, or the night their band opened for Nirvana. I guess I never really got over Charlie. But, the thing I learned from the whole Charlie debacle? You gotta punch your weight. See, Charlie? She was out of my class. She was too pretty. Too smart, too witty, too much.
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Debating 80s Culture and Freedom
Lou
It's the fucking 80's, guys. Let's do what we want to do. Free Love!
Jacob
That was the 60's, dipshit.
Adam
We had like Reagan and AIDS. Get the fuck outta here, okay? Do the right thing, Violator!
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Music and Misery: A Thoughtful Reflection
Rob Gordon
What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?
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Urgent Command to Enter the Vehicle
Jackson Curtis
GET IN THE FUCKING CAR! NOW!
[as Los Angeles goes through a 10.9 earthquake; he rushes into his wife's house and it's about to collapse]
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Mocking a Somber Moment
Buck Weaver
Come on, guys. Pretend it's Commy's wake.
[as the team prepares for a team photo; team laughs and the picture's taken]
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Unspoken Feelings and Misunderstandings in Love
Lloyd Dobler
What? I'm sorry I said that. Forget I said it, it's what I thought I meant, but...
[after saying he loves her]
Diane Court
Lloyd...
Lloyd Dobler
...forget it.
Diane Court
I love you," okay?
[making air quotes]
Lloyd Dobler
What is that? What are you doing with your hands?
Diane Court
Don't! Don't be - !
Lloyd Dobler
Talk to me, you're talking like that girl, Sheila!
Diane Court
Don't be mean, this is hard for me too.
Lloyd Dobler
Then don't do it.
[pauses]
Diane Court
Shit. Just take this pen, please, and write me?
[She turns away from him and takes the pen from her coat pocket]
Lloyd Dobler
I can't believe this. You just broke up with me.
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The Enduring Impact of First Love
Rob Gordon
It would be nice to think that since I was 14 times have changed, relationships have become more sophisticated, females less cruel, skins thicker, instincts more developed, but there seems to be an element of that afternoon in everything that's happened to me since. All my romantic stories are a scrambled version of that first one.
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A Letter's Arrival and Its Impact
Lloyd Dobler
Check your mail tomorrow. I sent you a letter, a letter.
Diane Court
Your letter came yesterday.
Lloyd Dobler
It did?
Diane Court
Uh-huh. It was wonderful.
Lloyd Dobler
Why didn't you tell me?
Diane Court
It was wonderful.
Lloyd Dobler
I've never sent a letter like that, you know? I mean, I felt like I wanted to tell you something, but I didn't put it in the letter, and I didn't say it, but I want to say it now, I'm not sure if I should say it, you know, cause people always say it and don't mean it, but I think that I mean it, so, um, I just wanted to tell you...
Diane Court
No, we don't have to say it.
Lloyd Dobler
How do you know what I'm going to say?
Diane Court
I don't know what you're going to say, but I think that...
Lloyd Dobler
I was just going to tell you that I love you. I said it.
[pause]
Diane Court
I know. Lloyd, let's not start putting things on this level.
Lloyd Dobler
What? This is a good level, isn't it?
Diane Court
How can I look at you and say this?
Lloyd Dobler
Say what?
Diane Court
I think that we should spend some time apart.
Lloyd Dobler
What's wrong?
Diane Court
Well, I need to study, and...
Lloyd Dobler
You need to study?
Diane Court
Yeah.
Lloyd Dobler
Okay, how much time do you need? I mean, you know, I mean you'll be leaving in a little while, so that's answered some questions.
Diane Court
We'll see.
Lloyd Dobler
Okay. It's good knowing this.
Diane Court
Yeah, uh-huh.
Lloyd Dobler
Okay, what did we just decide?
Diane Court
We decided...
Lloyd Dobler
Cause I'm worried, did you just break up with me?
Diane Court
No, no.
Lloyd Dobler
It sounded like you did.
Diane Court
No. We decided that we're friends. I mean, I know it's a terrible word...
Lloyd Dobler
Well, if we're friends, why can't we see each other?
Diane Court
I think that we should stop going out on dates.
Lloyd Dobler
I feel like a dick. You must think I'm a dick.
Diane Court
No, I don't, I don't.
Lloyd Dobler
Yeah you do.
Diane Court
Lloyd, we shared the most intimate thing two people can share.
Lloyd Dobler
You shared it with a dick.
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A Fork Incident in Time Travel
April
What happened to your...
Adam
I got stabbed in the face with a fork. I saw it coming, I avoided it, I didn't avoid it. It happened to me in a different way.
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The Irony of Foreplay Expectations
Rob Gordon
Read any women's magazine and you'll find the same complaint over and over again: men are not interested in foreplay and they are hopeless in bed. They are selfish, greedy, clumsy, and unsophisticated. These complaints I can't help feeling are kind of ironic cause back then, all we wanted was foreplay and girls weren't interested. We were told not to even think about it. Foreplay changes from being something that boys want to do and girls don't, to something that women want and men can't be bothered with. The perfect couple, if you ask me, is the Cosmo woman and the fourteen-year old b-b-b-boy.
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Confrontation in a Supermarket Setting
Nick Falzone
Anything I can do?
[Nick finds Mary crying in the supermarket]
Mary Bell
No, fine.
Supermarket Boy
Is this man bothering you?
[to Mary]
Supermarket Boy
What did you say to her?
[to Nick]
Nick Falzone
Hey! Hey, go away. Go battle evil on aisle twelve!
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Childhood Memories and Consequences
Jacob
Do you remember when I was 12 and he tried to bite me.
[Referring to Lou]
Adam
Yeah, but you had that coming.
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Miscommunication in High-Pressure Situation
Nick Falzone
I'm personally going to see to it that you go down in flames!
[to Russell Bell]
Airplane Pilot
What?
Nick Falzone
Negative, United. That was not to you. Not to you!
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The Illusion of Charm in Relationships
Mary Bell
Are there people who find you charming?
Nick Falzone
Well they pretend, cause I try real hard.
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Air Traffic Control: A High-Stakes Responsibility
Mr. Feeney
Controlling air traffic's much like conducting an orchestra.
Nick Falzone
Mr. Feeney used a metaphor. Can you say "metaphor"?
Know-It-All Schoolboy
That wasn't a metaphor. That was a simile. "Laying pipe" is a metaphor. Did you know that an air traffic controller is responsible for more lives in a shift than a surgeon is in his life? It looks like a computer game.
Nick Falzone
This is no game. You make a mistake here, there's no reset button.
Schoolboy's mother
Don't touch me.
Know-It-All Schoolboy
I hear controllers have the highest rates of depression, nervous breakdowns, heart attacks and alcoholism.
Nick Falzone
Don't forget suicide, kid.
Schoolboy's mother
He always researches our field trips. He's been online since he was 4.
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Desires for Partnership and Past Regrets
Roy Dillon
Maybe I like it where I am.
Myra Langtry
Well, maybe I don't! I had ten good years with Cole, and I want them back! I gotta have a partner! I looked and I looked and believe me, brother, I kissed a lot of fucking frogs, and you're my prince!
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Advice on Panic in Crisis Situations
Jackson Curtis
When they tell you not to panic, that's when you run!
[reacting to Kate after she reiterates the California Governor's statement that everything is safe]
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Encouragement to Spend Time Outside
Adam
Why don't you do something out of the house this weekend?
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Embracing Spontaneity and Fun in Life
Walter "Gib" Gibson
What the hell's wrong with being stupid once in awhile? Does everything you do always have to be sensible? Haven't you ever thrown water balloons off a roof? When you were a little kid didn't you ever sprinkle Ivory flakes on the living room floor cause you wanted to make it snow in July? Didn't you ever get really shitfaced and maybe make a complete fool of yourself and still have an excellent time?
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The Importance of Personal Preferences
Rob Gordon
I agreed that what really matters is what you like, not what you are like... Books, records, films—these things matter. Call me shallow but it's the fuckin truth, and by this measure I was having one of the best dates of my life.
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Questioning Reality and Existence
Mike Enslin
This may not all be real. I may not even be real. But this fire... That's gotta be real.
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Expectations vs. Reality in Hotel Experience
Mr. Olin
I was just checking to see if the accommodations were exceeding your expectations.
Mike Enslin
You know goddamn well they are!
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The Joy of Playing Baseball
Buck Weaver
I still get such a bang out of it, playing ball. Same as I did when I first came up. You get out there, and the stands are full and everybody's cheerin'. It's like everybody in the world come to see you. And inside of that there's the players, they're yakkin it up. The pitcher throws and you look for that pill... suddenly there's nothing else in the ballpark but you and it. Sometimes, when you feel right, there's a groove there, and the bat just eases into it and meets that ball. When the bat meets that ball and you feel that ball just give, you know it's going to go a long way. Damn, if you don't feel like you're going to live forever...I couldn't give all that up. Not for nothing.
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Consequences of Academic Failure and Despair
Walter "Gib" Gibson
I flunk English, I'm outta here. Kiss college goodbye. I don't know what I'll do. Dad will be pissed off. Mom will be heartbroken. If I play my cards right, I get maybe a six-month grace period and then I gotta get a job, and you know what that means. That's right, they start me at the drive-up window and I gradually work my way up from shakes to burgers, and then one day my lucky break comes: the french fry guy dies and they offer me the job! But the day I'm supposed to start, some men come by in a black Lincoln Continental and tell me I can make a quick 300 just for driving a van back from Mexico! When I get out of jail I'm 36 years old. Living in a flop house. No job. No home. No upward mobility. Very few teeth. And then one day they find me, face down, talking to the gutter, clutching a bottle of paint thinner. And why? Because you wouldn't help me in English, no! You were too busy to help me! Too busy to help a drowning man!
[talks to Alison while she swims; Alison ignores him; he falls into the pool]
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The Art of Making a Compilation Tape
Rob Gordon
Now, the making of a good compilation tape is a very subtle art. Many do's and don'ts. First of all, you re using someone else's poetry to express how you feel. This is a delicate thing.
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Dolphin Hotel Earns Perfect Shiver Scale Rating
Mike Enslin
The decor is in tatters... And the staff surly... But on the Shiver Scale, I award the Dolphin... ten skulls!
[''before throwing the ashtray through the window, thereby letting the room explode'']
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Embracing a detective mindset in adversity
Mike Enslin
Let's Encyclopedia Brown this bitch.
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Heartbreak and Longing for Connection
Lloyd Dobler
She broke up with me. What do I do? Can she come back? How can I get her back? I can't - I can't get her to talk to me. It's all so fucked up. I feel like crying. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen.
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The Consequences of Non-Commitment
Rob Gordon
I can see now I never really committed to Laura. I always had one foot out the door, and that prevented me from doing a lot of things, like thinking about my future and... I guess it made more sense to commit to nothing, keep my options open. And that's suicide. By tiny, tiny increments.
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The Impact of Sad Music on Relationships
Rob Gordon
People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands—literally thousands—of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss. The unhappiest people I know, romantically speaking, are the ones who like pop music the most; and I don't know whether pop music has caused this unhappiness, but I do know that they've been listening to the sad songs longer than they've been living the unhappy lives.
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The Complexity of Good and Bad Experiences
Diane Court
I have this theory of convergence, that good things always happen with bad things. I know you have to deal with them at the same time, but I just don't know why they have to happen at the same time. I just wish I could work out some schedule. Am I just babbling? Do you know what I mean?
Lloyd Dobler
No.
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Top Five Heartbreaks and Their Impact
Rob Gordon
My desert island, all-time, top-five most memorable breakups, in chronological order, are as follows: Alison Ashmore; Penny Hardwick; Jackie Alden; Charlie Nicholson; and Sarah Kendrew. Those were the ones that really hurt. Can you see your name on that list, Laura? Maybe you'd sneak into the top ten. But there's just no room for you in the top five, sorry. Those places are reserved for the kind of humiliation and heartbreak you're just not capable of delivering.
[''Yelling to Laura out the window'']
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Fear of Understanding Psychological Complexities
Rob Gordon
Jesus. I'm glad I know nothing about psychotherapy, about ] and ] and that lot. If I did, I'd probably be extremely frightened by now: the woman who wants to have sex in the place where she used to go for walks with her dead dad is probably very dangerous indeed.
[[Carl Jung|Jung; [Sigmund Freud|Freud]
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The Ripple Effect of Small Changes
Adam
One little change has a ripple effect, and it affects everything else. Like a butterfly floats its wings and Tokyo explodes or there's a tsunami in like, you know, somewhere.
Jacob
Yes, exactly. You step on the bug and the fucking internet is never invented.
Lou
Oh, then you'll have to talk to girls with your mouth.
Jacob
Yeah, no. I was more concerned about bigger consequences, like not being born.
Lou
Yeah, no. I don't care about that.
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A Son's Conflicted Relationship with His Mother
Roy Dillon
Well, who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?
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Five Things Rob Misses About Laura
Rob Gordon
Top five things I miss about Laura. One; sense of humor. Very dry, but it can also be warm and forgiving. And she's got one of the best all time laughs in the history of all time laughs, she laughs with her entire body. Two; she's got character. Or at least she had character before the Ian nightmare. She's loyal and honest, and she doesn't even take it out on people when she's having a bad day. That's character. Three; I miss her smell, and the way she tastes. It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home. I really dig how she walks around. It's like she doesn't care how she looks or what she projects and it's not that she doesn't care it's just, she's not affected I guess, and that gives her grace. And five; she does this thing in bed when she can't get to sleep, she kinda half moans and then rubs her feet together an equal number of times... it just kills me. Believe me, I mean, I could do a top five things about her that drive me crazy but it's just your garden variety women you know, schizo stuff and that's the kind of thing that got me here.
[''lipsyncs four, while holding up four fingers'']
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The Choice Between Endless Suffering and Escape
Mike Enslin
Why don't you just kill me?
Room 1408
Because all guests of this hotel enjoy ] will, Mr. Enslin. You can choose to relive this hour over and over, or you can take advantage of our express checkout system.
[[free; ''camera pans out to reveal a noose hanging from the ceiling'']
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Rejection and the Complications of Intimacy
Rob Gordon
I could've wound up having sex back there. And what better way to exorcise rejection demons than to screw the person who rejected you, right? But you wouldn't be sleeping with a person, you'd be sleeping with the whole sad, single-person culture. It'd be like sleeping with ] in ] if you weren't ].
[[w:Talia Shire|Talia Shire; [Rocky (film)|Rocky; [w:Rocky Balboa|Rocky]
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Rejecting Conventional Career Paths
Lloyd Dobler
I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.
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Marriage and Temptation in the Workplace
Ed Clabes
I'm married.
[When the girls sit down at the table with the controllers at the diner]
Nick Falzone
And you were just about to throw yourself at him, weren't you?
[the controllers all laugh]
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Discussion of Room 1408's Unusual Features
Mike Enslin
Most hotels have switched to magnetics. An actual ]. That's a nice touch, it's antiquey.
[''Olin gives Enslin the room key''; [key]
Mr. Olin
We have magnetic cards also, but electronics don't seem to work in 1408. ] you don't have a pacemaker.
[[Hope]
Mike Enslin
General manager claims that the phantom in room interferes...
[into his tape recorder]
Mr. Olin
I have never used the word "]".
[''scoffs''; [phantom]
Mike Enslin
Oh, I'm sorry. Uh, ]? Specter?
[[spirit]
Mr. Olin
No, you misunderstand. Whatever's in 1408 is nothing like that.
Mike Enslin
Then what is it?
Mr. Olin
It's an ] fucking room.
[''moves closer and whispers into Enslin's ear''; [evil]
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A Complex Debt Between Mother and Son
Roy Dillon
I guess I owe you my life, Lilly.
Lilly Dillon
You always did, Roy.
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Revelation of a Hidden Relationship
Nick Falzone
What do you need?
Mary Bell
I told Russell.
Nick Falzone
You told him what?
Mary Bell
About us.
Nick Falzone
Why did you do that? Why would you do something like that? What are you, fucking nuts? Why would you do that?Tell me why you'd do... Are you sick?
Mary Bell
Last night was a major moment in our marriage. We reached this honesty and he shared something with me that was unbelievably personal.
Nick Falzone
What?!
Mary Bell
Like I'm gonna tell you. It was important I share with him in return.
Nick Falzone
You know I gotta work with this guy? We work together!
Mary Bell
I know. It's okay. He's not upset.
Nick Falzone
Yeah, right!
Mary Bell
He's all right about it.
Nick Falzone
Bullshit! You understand? It's never all right! I'm a man! He's a man! Trust me! It's never all right. Ever! Ever!
Mary Bell
He was moved that I was so honest.
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Urgent Request for Access Amid Crisis
Adrian Helmsley
Mr. Curtis, this is Dr. Adrian Helmsley. We met at Yellowstone.
Jackson Curtis
That's great! Open the goddamned door!
[in a slowly flooding chamber]
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Defiance Against the Room's Power
Mike Enslin
If something should happen, if I should slip and fall, I want it known it was an ]. The room did not win.
[speaking into his recorder as he goes out on the ledge, trying to escape the room; [accident]
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The Freedom of Embracing Depression
Rob Gordon
It's brilliant, being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like.
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Struggling with Honesty and Trust
Lilly Dillon
I was hoping we could play it straight with one another.
Roy Dillon
I guess not.
Lilly Dillon
I guess you won't be getting a straight job, either.
Roy Dillon
Not this week.
Lilly Dillon
Not ever.
Roy Dillon
It's up to me. I'm strictly short con. It's nothing but small time stuff. I can walk away from it anytime I want.
Lilly Dillon
Where have I heard that before?
Roy Dillon
Yeah, but I'm in control.
Lilly Dillon
Sure. You're only 25 years old, already you can lay down four grand without even turning a hair. Grift's like anything else, Roy. You don't stand still. You either go up or down. Usually down, sooner or later.
Roy Dillon
Well, I'll let it be a surprise, then.
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Moment of Realization
Mike Enslin
This is it?
[''After turning on the lights upon entering Room 1408'']
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Redemption in the Face of Mortality
Mike Enslin
I've lived the life of a selfish man. But I don't have to die that way.
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Despair in the Face of Mortality
Jackson Curtis
Oh God, I'm a dead man... I'm a dead man... I'M A DEAD MAN!!
[after hearing the news reports of the mass suicide]
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Reflections on Love and Reality
Lloyd Dobler
Maybe I didn't really know you. Maybe you were just a mirage. Maybe the world is full of food and sex and spectacle and we're all just hurling towards an apocalypse, in which case it's not your fault. I'm been thinking about all these things and... you're probably standing there monitoring. And one more thing - about the letter. Nuke it. Flame it. Destroy it. - It hurts me to know it's out there. Later.
[leaving a message for Diane]
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Collective Loathing and Loneliness at 26
Rob Gordon
It made sense to pool our collective loathing for the opposite sex, and while we were doing that, share a bed with someone at the same time. Only people of a certain disposition are sure they're going to be alone for the rest of their lives at age 26, and we were of that disposition.
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Seeking a Challenge for Greatness
Lloyd Dobler
I am looking for a "dare to be great" situation.
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Perception of Reality and Illusion
Mike Enslin
It's not that what I'm seeing is not ]. It just ain't as real as it seems.
[[real]
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Unrequited Love and Vulnerability
Craig Schwartz
Maxine. Maxine. I love you, Maxine. Oh, look away. Look away
[''Looking through Emily's eyes at the end'']
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The Insanity of Clinging to Sanity
Nick Falzone
To hold on to sanity too tight is insane.
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Tragic Incident in a Locked Bathroom
Mr. Olin
A few years ago a young maid from El Salvador found herself locked in the bathroom. She was only there for a few moments, but when we pulled her out she was...
Mike Enslin
She was dead?
[''sarcastically'']
Mr. Olin
No. ]. She had taken a pair of scissors and gouged her ] out. She was ] hysterically.
[[Blind; [eyes; [laughing]
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Questioning Control in Aviation
Dynajet Flight Attendant
Sir, will you please sit down! The Captain is in control of the plane!
Nick Falzone
Oh, you think the Captain is in control? Now THAT would really scare me!
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Defiance in the face of fear
Room 1408
Are you ready to check out, Mr. Enslin?
Mike Enslin
No. Not your way.
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Living with Bad Memories
Lily Enslin
C'mon, hon. Just brings back bad memories, let me get rid of it.
Mike Enslin
Sometimes, you can't get rid of bad memories. You just gotta live with em.
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Defending Junk Food's Reputation
Walter "Gib" Gibson
You know, junk food doesn't deserve the bad rap that it gets. Take these pork rinds for example. This particular brand contains two percent of the R.D.A. - that's Recommended Daily Allowance - of riboflavin.
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Unintended Commitment to Employees
Rob Gordon
I can't fire them. I hired these guys for three days a week and they just started showing up, every day. That was four years ago.
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The Patron Saint of Chaos and Destruction
Adam
You are the patron saint of the totally fucked. You're completely toxic. There's nothing you can't kill. You're the fucking Violator!
[to Lou]
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Questioning Intuition in New Relationships
Rob Gordon
Should I bolt every time I get that feeling in my gut when I meet someone new? Well, I've been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly speaking, I've come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains.
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Friendship with Potential Amidst Social Challenges
Diane Court
I just can't have any social life right now.
Lloyd Dobler
Don't worry about it. We're just having coffee. We'll be anti-social.
Diane Court
Be friends?
Lloyd Dobler
Yeah. With potential.
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A Lighthearted Exchange Between Pilots
Jethro (Sparta Pilot)
Sparta 753 for Newark approach.
Nick Falzone
Hey Sparta 753, is that Jethro?
Jethro (Sparta Pilot)
Yeehaw!
Nick Falzone
How's my favorite redneck?
Jethro (Sparta Pilot)
Falzone, are you mocking me, son?
Nick Falzone
Yes, before you run out of cornpone or whatever you use for fuel.
Jethro (Sparta Pilot)
Shoot, we wouldn't waste good moonshine to fly one of these shit-boxes. Now are you going to give me a vector or am I going to have to find New York by the smell?
Nick Falzone
Oh, all right. Sparta 753 turn left heading zero-zeven-zero, maintain two-thousand till localizer. Cleared ILS runway four.
Jethro (Sparta Pilot)
ILS runway four. Hey let's have dinner some time control. I want to see if you are as ugly as you sound.
Nick Falzone
OK, as long as I can find a place where we don't need shoes. Now will your pig be dinning with you or will you be sleeping alone?
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Frustration in Romantic Pursuits
Rob Gordon
Sometimes I got so bored of trying to touch her breasts that I would try to touch between her legs instead. It was like trying to borrow a dollar, getting turned down, and asking for fifty grand instead.
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Atmosphere of Threat in 1408
Mike Enslin
It does have the vague air of menace.
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Self-Reflection and Desire
Craig Schwartz
I'd fuck me.
[''Watching television documentary on his puppeteering when he's in John Malkovich's body.'']
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Struggles of Identity in a Criminal World
Lilly Dillon
You're working some angle, and don't tell me you're not because I wrote the book!
Roy Dillon
What about you? You still handling playback money for the mob?
Lilly Dillon
That's me. That's who I am. You were never cut out for the rackets, Roy.
Roy Dillon
How come?
Lilly Dillon
You aren't tough enough.
Roy Dillon
Not as tough as you, huh?
Lilly Dillon
Get off the grift, Roy.
Roy Dillon
Why?
Lilly Dillon
You haven't got the stomach for it.
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A Commitment to Love and Career
Lloyd Dobler
What I really want to do with my life - what I want to do for a living - is I want to be with your daughter. I'm good at it.
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Commitment to the Task at Hand
Mike Enslin
We're here to do the job. And we don't rattle.
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Inquiry into Deaths in Room 1408
Mr. Olin
During your investigation did you discover the twenty-two natural deaths that have occurred in 1408?
Mike Enslin
Natural deaths?
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Struggles with Loss and Identity
Rob Gordon
Then I lost it. Kinda lost it all, you know. Faith, dignity, about fifteen pounds.
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Pride and Identity in Relationships
D.C.
Lloyd, why do you have to be like this?
Lloyd Dobler
Cause I'm a guy. I have pride.
Corey Flood
You're not a guy.
Lloyd Dobler
I am.
Corey Flood
No. The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy.
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Defying Doubt in Great Success Stories
Diane Court
Nobody thinks it will work, do they?
Lloyd Dobler
No. You just described every great success story.
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A Call for Silence in Distress
Mike Enslin
Keep quiet, you bastard.
[''speaking nonchalantly to the ghoulish apparition in the vents as the room burns'']
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The Perils of Overthinking
Russell Bell
Thought is the enemy.
Nick Falzone
I know. I've been thinking too much. I had that thought actually.
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A Moment of Apology and Uncertainty
Diane Court
Lloyd, I'm sorry.
Lloyd Dobler
What do you want?
Diane Court
I'm sorry.
Lloyd Dobler
What do you want?
Diane Court
My father's guilty. He lied to me, he lied to everybody. I just left home... I need you.
Lloyd Dobler
You do?
Diane Court
Everything else means nothing to me. If I hurt you again, I'll die. I love you.
Lloyd Dobler
What?
Diane Court
I love you. How many more times do I have to say it?
Lloyd Dobler
One more would be nice.
Diane Court
I love you... please. I love you.
Lloyd Dobler
One question: do you need... someone, or do you need me?... Forget it, I don't really care.
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The Art of Creating a Compilation Tape
Rob Gordon
The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up is hard to do. It takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick it off with a killer to grab attention. Then you gotta take it up a notch. But you don't want to blow your wad. So then you gotta cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules. Anyway, I've started to make a tape, in my head, for Laura. Full of stuff she'd like. Full of stuff that'd make her happy. For the first time I can sorta see how that's done.
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The Harmony of Connection in Conversation
Rob Gordon
We have one of those conversations where everything clicks, meshes, corresponds, locks, where even our pauses, even our punctuation marks, seem to be nodding in agreement.
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The Death Toll of Room 1408
Mr. Olin
All told, there have been fifty-six deaths in 1408.
Mike Enslin
Fifty-six? You're shitting me.
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Family Ties and Hidden Truths
Myra Langtry
My God, it's your mother. It's Lilly.
Roy Dillon
What?
Myra Langtry
Sure it is. That's why you act so funny around each other.
Roy Dillon
What's that?
Myra Langtry
Oh, don't act so god-damned innocent! You and your own mother? Ugh! You like to go back where you been, huh?
Roy Dillon
Watch your mouth.
Myra Langtry
Yeah, I'm wise to you! I should have seen it before, you rotten son of a bitch. How is it, huh? How do you like it-
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Uncertainty in a Moment of Connection
Diane Court
Are you shaking?
[after they sleep together for the first time]
Lloyd Dobler
No.
Diane Court
You're shaking.
Lloyd Dobler
I don't think so.
Diane Court
You're cold.
Lloyd Dobler
I don't think I am.
Diane Court
Then why are you shaking?
Lloyd Dobler
I don't know. I think I'm happy.
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Negotiating the Big Con Strategy
Roy Dillon
You talk the lingo. What's your pitch?
Myra Langtry
The long end, big con.
Roy Dillon
Nobody does that single-o.
Myra Langtry
I was teamed ten years with the best in the business, Cole Langley.
Roy Dillon
I've heard the name.
Myra Langtry
It was beautiful! And getting better all the time.
Roy Dillon
Is that right?
Myra Langtry
It is, Roy. It's where you should be. What do you bring in, $300, $400 a week? We used money like that for tips!
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Questioning Control in Aviation
Nick Falzone
Oh, you really think the pilot is controlling this plane? That would really scare me.
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Temporary Distractions in Relationships
Jim Court
You're not a permanent part of her life. You're a distraction.
Lloyd Dobler
I'm the distraction that's going with her to England, sir.
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Friendship and Age Perception Among Characters
Myra Langtry
I'm Roy's friend.
Lilly Dillon
Yes. I imagine you're lots of people's friend.
Myra Langtry
Oh, of course, now that I see you in the light, you're plenty old enough to be Roy's mother.
[taking a good look at Lilly]
Lilly Dillon
Aren't we all?
Roy Dillon
Play nice. Don't fight.
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Disagreement Over Teaming Up
Roy Dillon
Do I get any say in this?
Myra Langtry
No! Because...
Roy Dillon
That's what I say. What I say is no. We don't do partners.
Myra Langtry
What is it? What's goin on? Why don't you wanna team up?
Roy Dillon
The best reason I can think of is that you scare the hell out of me. I have seen women like you before, baby. You're double-tough and you are sharp as a razor, and you get what you want or else; but you don't make it work forever. Sooner or later the lightning hits, and I'm not gonna be around when it hits you.
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Metaphysical Implications of the Portal
Craig Schwartz
Do you see what a metaphysical can of worms this portal is?
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The Complexity of Taking Time Off
Roy Dillon
It's great to get away, isn't it? Take some time off. Next week, I'll be back to work.
Myra Langtry
You already went back to work.
Roy Dillon
What?
Myra Langtry
I watched you, working the tat on those sailor boys.
Roy Dillon
Working the what?
Myra Langtry
Oh, come on, Roy, the tat. What you do for a living.
Roy Dillon
I'm a salesman.
Myra Langtry
You're on the grift, same as me.
Roy Dillon
Myra, I'm not following you.
Myra Langtry
Roy, you're a short-con operator... and a good one, I think. Don't talk to me like I'm another square!
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Struggles of a Modern Puppeteer
Craig Schwartz
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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Music and Memories in Conversation
Nick Falzone
Your singing was beautiful.
Mary Bell
My father. He was a professional singer, among other things.
Nick Falzone
What are you listening to?
Mary Bell
French tapes.
Nick Falzone
You're learning French?
Mary Bell
I like to learn new things.
Nick Falzone
Me too.
Mary Bell
You speak it?
Nick Falzone
French? Me? No.
Mary Bell
I've always wanted to learn, though. They say it's the language of love. I'm not sure how much I love it. But... That is nice. If you're interested, I'll loan you these when I'm finished.
Mary Bell
I'm so sorry...
[After she has gone to bed with Nick]
Nick Falzone
Why?
Mary Bell
I wasn't talking to you.
Nick Falzone
Who were you talking to?
Mary Bell
God, I guess! I read that when a person does not trust another person, it's because they, themselves...
Nick Falzone
They themselves what?
Mary Bell
Are you turning this around so it's about me? Is it, Nick? Is this about you?
Nick Falzone
What are you talking about?
Mary Bell
You look me in the eye, and tell me you've never cheated on me.
Nick Falzone
Come on. You want me to, I'm gonna be sick. I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be sick. This is not okay.
Mary Bell
You are an asshole! Capital A-S-H...
Nick Falzone
Stop hitting me!
Mary Bell
Asshole! O-L-E!
Nick Falzone
The captain, here. Shortly, we'll be descending. The cabin crew will complete, I know it's too early to ask you to forgive me. But do you think you could someday imagine starting to think about it? I just want you to know that if the situation were reversed, in my heart I'd forgive you.
Mary Bell
There's nothing to forgive.
Nick Falzone
What do you mean?
Mary Bell
Wanna know why? Because I did it too. Russell et moi. We did the deed. Le grand of freaky-frick. We went all over the house. We went upside down. We went sideways. We should have worn helmets.
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Questioning Advice on Women and Relationships
Denny
Man, all you gotta do is find a girl that looks just like her, nail her, and then dump her, man. Get her of your mind.
Mark
Your only mistake is that you didn't dump her first. Diane Court is a show pony. You need a stallion, my friend. Walk with us and you walk tall.
Luke
Bitches, man.
Lloyd Dobler
I got a question. If you guys know so much about women, how come you're here at like the Gas n Sip on a Saturday night completely alone drinking beers with no women anywhere?
Joe
By choice, man.
[pause]
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