Memorable Quotes from Rooney Mara
36 quotesA Question of Justice and Revenge
Lisbeth Salander
May I kill him?
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Shipping and Assembly in Conversation
Carol Aird
Do you ship?
[considers purchasing model train set]
Therese Belivet
Special delivery. You could have it in two or three days. We'll even assemble it for you.
Carol Aird
Well. That's that. Sold.
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Navigating the Risks of Young Masculinity
Salome
Why would boys of 13 and 14 be left behind? Why wouldn't they leave with us?
Agata
Surely, we don't have to be afraid of the boys of this age.
Ona
August, you're the boys teacher. What is your feeling about this? Do boys of that age pose a risk to our girls and women?
August
Yes. Possibly. Boys of 13 or 14 are capable of causing great damage to girls and women. And to each other. It is a brash age. They are possessed of reckless urges, physical exuberance, intense curiosity that often results in injury. Unbridled emotion, including deep tenderness and empathy, and not quite enough experience or brain development to fully understand or appreciate the consequences of their words or actions. They are like the yearlings. Young, awkward, gleeful, powerful. They're tall, muscular, sexually inquisitive creatures, with little impulse control, but they are children. They are children and they can be taught. I'm a two-bit schoolteacher, a failed farmer, and above all a believer. And I believe that with guidance, firm love and patience, these boys are capable of relearning their roles as males in the colony. I believe in what the great poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge thought were the cardinal rules of early education. To work by love and so generate love. To habituate the mind to intellectual accuracy and truth. To excite imaginative power. He said, Little is taught by contest or dispute, everything by sympathy and love. I believe the boys should be allowed to leave with the women... Providing the women choose to leave.
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Reflections on Past Relationships and Home
Carol Aird
You miss Richard?
Therese Belivet
No. I haven't thought about him all day. Or of home, really.
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A Moment of Connection and Vulnerability
Carol Aird
You're trembling.
[leans down and kisses Therese]
Therese Belivet
No, don't. I want to see you.
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A Conversation About Names and Heritage
Carol Aird
So what kind of name is Belivet?
Therese Belivet
It's Czech. It's changed. Originally....
Carol Aird
It's very original.
Therese Belivet
Well.
Carol Aird
And your first name?
Therese Belivet
Therese.
Carol Aird
Terez. Not Ter-eeza.
Therese Belivet
No.
Carol Aird
Therese Belivet. That's lovely.
[pronounces name slowly and deliberately]
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Embracing Insanity and Self-Perception
Lisbeth Salander
Do you doubt anything I've said? Do you doubt the reports that have followed me around all my life? What do they say, if you could sum it up? They say I'm insane. It's alright, you can nod. Because it's true. I am insane. Nod.
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The Quest for Identity After Liberation
Ona
When we have liberated ourselves, we will have to ask ourselves who we are.
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The Internet's Permanent Nature Explained
Erica Albright
The internet isn't written in pencil, Mark. It's written in ink.
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Searching for a Special Doll
Carol Aird
I wonder if you might help me find this doll for my daughter.
[hands Frankenberg's salesgirl (Therese) a slip of paper]
Therese Belivet
Bright Betsy. Oh, she cries. And wets herself.
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Contemplating Relationships and Personal Choices
Carol Aird
And do you live alone, Therese Belivet?
Therese Belivet
I do. Well, there's Richard, he'd like to live with me. Oh no, it's nothing like that, I mean he'd like to marry me.
Carol Aird
I see... And would you like to marry him?
[staring at Therese]
Therese Belivet
Well, I barely even know what to order for lunch.
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Feeling Lost in a Familiar Place
Lucy
Saroo? You OK?
Male Dinner Guest
Saroo?
Saroo Brierley
I'm not from Calcutta... I'm lost.
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A Conversation About a Small Town
Therese Belivet
What town is this again?
[the morning after they first made love]
Carol Aird
This? Waterloo. Isn't that awful?
[laughs]
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Perceptions of Success and Personal Relationships
Erica Albright
You are probably going to be a very successful computer person. But you're going to go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a nerd. And I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that won't be true. It'll be because you're an asshole.
[to Mark]
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Longing for Connection
Therese Belivet
Hello? Carol? I miss you. I miss you.
[calls Carol on the phone; Carol remains silent, struggling with emotions, then hangs up]
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A Bold Assertion of Personal Boundaries
Lisbeth Salander
Put your hand back in my shirt.
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New Year Reflections and Connections
Carol Aird
Happy New Year.
Therese Belivet
Happy New Year.
Carol Aird
Harge and I never spend New Year's Eve together. Always a business function. Always clients to entertain.
Therese Belivet
I always spend New Year's alone. In crowds. I'm not alone this year.
[pause]
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Unmet Expectations in Relationships
Therese Belivet
I never made you — I never asked you for anything. Maybe that's the problem.
[to Richard as they break up]
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Finding Happiness Through Friendship
Lisbeth Salander
I miss our meetings. I'm sure you don't, why would you? I was always such a headache for you, never showing up with good news, only problems. I have good news now. I made a friend. I mean one that you'd approve of. I'm happy.
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Reflection on Idealized Relationships
Catherine
You always wanted to have a wife without the challenges of actually dealing with anything real and I'm glad that you found someone. It's perfect.
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Misunderstandings About Intentions and Relationships
Therese Belivet
So I'm sure you thought it was a man who sent you back your gloves.
Carol Aird
I did. Thought it might be the man in the ski department.
Therese Belivet
I'm sorry.
Carol Aird
No, I'm delighted. I doubt very much if I'd have gone to lunch with him.
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Embracing Hope Over Familiar Hatred
Ona
Hope for the unknown is good. It is better than hatred of the familiar.
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The Impact of Love on Violence
Ona
Why does love - the absence of love, the end of love, the need for love - result in so much violence?
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Struggling with Uncertainty and Indecision
Therese Belivet
I just take everything and I don't know anything. And I don't know what I want. How could I when all I ever do is say "Yes" to everything?
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An Invitation for Sunday Visit
Carol Aird
What you do on Sundays?
Therese Belivet
Nothing in particular. What do you do?
Carol Aird
Nothing lately. Maybe you'd like to come visit me some time. You're welcome to. At least there's some pretty country around where I live. Would you like to come visit me this Sunday?
Therese Belivet
Yes.
[responds without hesitation]
Carol Aird
What a strange girl you are.
Therese Belivet
Why?
Carol Aird
Flung out of space.
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A Journey of Unexpected Companionship
Carol Aird
I'm going away for a while.
Therese Belivet
When? Where?
Carol Aird
Wherever my car will take me. West. Soon. And I thought... perhaps you might like to come with me. Would you?
[looks directly at Therese]
Therese Belivet
Yes. Yes, I would.
[looks directly at Carol]
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Choosing Between Room Options at the Motel
McKinley Motel Manager
Our standard rooms come equipped with stereophonic console radios, or we do have the Presidential Suite available for a very attractive rate.
Carol Aird
Two standard rooms should be fine.
Therese Belivet
Why not take the Presidential Suite? I mean, if the rate's attractive.
[Carol turns to look at Therese]
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Ordering Food and Drinks at a Restaurant
Carol Aird
I'll have the creamed spinach over poached eggs. And a dry martini with an olive.
[to Waiter]
Therese Belivet
Um... I'll have the same.
Waiter
The meal or the drink?
Therese Belivet
Um... All of it. Thank you.
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Repressed Memories and a Hidden Past
Nancy Holbrook
There was a man at the preschool...
Dr. Holbrook
His name was Fred Kruger. He was a gardener, who lived in the basement of the preschool. And you kids were his life. We didn't want to believe it at first. You were all so innocent. And you, Nancy. You were his favorite of all. And then, we started to notice things...
Quentin
So what did you do? Did you call the police?
Dr. Holbrook
He left town before we got a chance to confront him. He's gone. He can't hurt you anymore. So these dreams, that you're having, They're...they're repressed memories, from a terrible terrible time.
Nancy
I hope you are right.
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Wishing Success in a Digital Endeavor
Erica Albright
Good luck with your video game.
[after Mark unsuccessfully tries to apologize for the Facemash stunt]
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Finding Value in Life Beyond the Next
Ona
Surely, there must be something worth living for in this life, not only in the next.
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Exploring Perspectives on Love and Relationships
Therese Belivet
Have you ever been in love with a boy?
Richard Semco
No.
Therese Belivet
But you've heard of it.
Richard Semco
Of course. I mean, have I heard of people like that? Sure.
Therese Belivet
I don't mean people like that. I just mean two people who fall in love with each other. Say, a boy and a boy. Out of the blue.
Richard Semco
I don't know anyone like that. But I'll tell you this: there's always some reason for it, in the background.
Therese Belivet
So you don't think it could just... happen to somebody. To anybody.
Richard Semco
No. I don't. What are you saying? Are you in love with a girl?
Therese Belivet
No.
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Interest in Humans and Personal Boundaries
Carol Aird
Were those pictures of me you were taking at the tree lot?
Therese Belivet
I'm sorry. I should have asked.
Carol Aird
Don't apologize.
Therese Belivet
I've just been trying to... well, I have a friend who told me I should be more interested in humans.
Carol Aird
And how's that going?
Therese Belivet
It's going well, actually.
[smiling as she replies]
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Exploring Uncertainty in Communication
Therese Belivet
I wanna know. I think. I mean, I wanna ask you things. But I'm not sure that you want that.
[on telephone]
Carol Aird
Ask me. Things. Please.
[crying]
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Intense Expression of Love and Anger
Catherine
I'm gonna fucking kill you. I'm gonna fucking kill you. It's not funny, don't laugh. I'm gonna fucking kill you. I'm gonna fucking kill you. I love you so much I'm gonna fucking kill you.
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Lisbeth Salander's Observations on Relationships
Lisbeth Salander
He's had a long standing sexual relationship with his co-editor of the magazine. Sometimes he performs cunnilingus on her. Not often enough in my opinion.
[about Blomkvist]
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