The Crucible - Unresolved Feelings and Rejected Past
Abigail Williams:
I know how you sweated like a stallion whenever I'd come near you. I saw your face when she put me out. You loved me then, and you do now.
John Proctor:
Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time - but I will cut off my hand before I reach for you again. We never touched.
Abigail Williams:
Aye, but we did.
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The Crucible - Witchcraft Accusations in Courtroom Drama
Judge Hathorne:
Now, Sarah Osborne, here is Sarah Good, who has confessed to witchcraft and therefore will not hang. I bid you, follow her example. She testifies that when the devil came to her, you were in his company.
Sarah Good:
There he stood, big as life, him and her, and Osborne writing her name in his book with her own red blood!
Sarah Osborne: [stands up from the bench]
Your Honors, I never see the devil in my life. But I can dance as fast backwards as I can forwards!
Judge Hathorne:
Sit down, I tell you. Sit! Sit her down!
Sarah Osborne: [advances to Abigail and the girls]
Let go of me! You must stop your funning. You must give up your stories. You bring me to harm! Do you hear me? You bring me to harm!
Abigail Williams: [frightened]
Oh! Stop hurting me, Goody Osborne! Help me, Judge Danforth!
Judge Danforth:
What are you doing to these girls?
Judge Hathorne:
What do you mumble to make them so sick?
Sarah Osborne:
I was only-only saying my Commandments. I hope I may say my Commandments.
Judge Sewall:
Pray, let her recite her Commandments.
Sarah Osborne:
Your Grace, I may only say my Commandments outdoor.
Judge Danforth:
There are ten Commandments. Do you know any? You have lied to the court. I say, you have lied to the court. Have you not?
Sarah Osborne:
I'm innocent to witch. The devil knows that!
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The Crucible - Desire for Maternal Comfort in Crisis
Betty Parris:
I want my mama.
Abigail Williams:
Your mama's dead and buried.
Betty Parris:
I'll find her! Let me fly! Mama! No!
Abigail Williams:
Why are you doing this? I told you, he knows now.
Betty Parris:
You drank blood, Abby. You didn't tell him that!
Abigail Williams: [slaps Betty across the face]
You never say that again!
Betty Parris:
You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!
Abigail Williams: [throws Betty on the bed and starts hitting her]
Shut up! All of you. We danced. That is all, and mark this, if anyone breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other things, I will come to you in the black of some terrible night, and I will bring with me a pointy reckoning that will shudder you! And you know I can do it. I saw Indians smash my dear parents heads on the pillow next to mine. And I have seen some reddish work done at night. And I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!
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The Crucible - Warning Against Underestimating Evil
Abigail Williams: [to Thomas Danforth]
Let you beware, Mr. Danforth. Do you think yourself so mighty the Devil may not turn your wits?
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The Crucible - Divine Will and Human Judgment
Abigail Williams:
I am but God's finger, John. If he would condemn Elizabeth, she will be condemned.
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Heathers - Conflicted Prayers and Dark Humor in Tragedy
Heather McNamara: [praying over Heather Chandler's casket]
Oh God, this is a tragic thing, and sometimes I have a hard time dealing with it and stuff. Please send Heather to Heaven and all that.
Peter Dawson:
Dear God, please make sure this never happens to me, cause I don't think I can handle suicide. Plus, early acceptance into an Ivy League school and please let it be Harvard. Amen.
Ram Sweeney:
Jesus, God in Heaven, why did you have to kill such hot snatch? It's a joke, man. Jeez, people are so serious. Hail Mary, who aren't in heaven, pray for all us sinners so we don't get caught. —Another joke, man.
Heather Duke: [smiles]
I prayed for the death of Heather Chandler many times, and I felt bad every time I did it, but I kept doing it anyway. Now I know you understood everything. Praise Jesus! Hallelujah!
Veronica Sawyer:
Hi, I'm sorry. Technically I did not kill Heather Chandler, but hey, who am I trying to kid, right? I just want my high school to be a nice place. Amen. Did that sound bitchy?
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Heathers - A Call for Maturity and Acceptance
Veronica Sawyer:
I say we just grow up, be adults, and die.
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Heathers - The Complexity of Human Happiness
Veronica Sawyer:
If you were happy every day of your life, you wouldn't be a human being, you'd be a game show host.
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Heathers - Teen Angst and Consequences in Chaos
Veronica Sawyer:
Dear Diary, my teen angst bullshit has a body count. Everybody's sad...but it's kind of a weird kind of sad. Suicide gave Heather depth, Kurt a soul, Ram a brain! I don't know what it's given me, but I have no control over myself when I'm with J.D.! Are we going to prom or to hell?!
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Heathers - Conflicted Reflections on Friendship and Betrayal
Veronica Sawyer:
Dear Diary, Betty Finn was a true friend and I sold her out for a bunch of Swatch dogs and Diet Coke heads. Killing Heather would be like offing the wicked witch of the west... wait east. West! God! I sound like a fucking psycho.
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Heathers - Lessons on Life and Self-Discovery
Veronica Sawyer:
Dear Diary: Heather told me she teaches people "real life." She said real life sucks losers dry. You want to fuck with the eagles, you have to learn to fly. I said, so you teach people how to spread their wings and fly? She said, "Yes." I said, "You're beautiful.
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Heathers - Veronica's Challenge to Heather's Authority
Veronica Sawyer:
What is your damage, Heather?!
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Mermaids - Desire Amidst Guilt and Grief
Charlotte Flax:
Oh, I'm going to hell for sure. Here he is, talking about his poor dead mother and I can't help wishing his hands were unbuttoning my dress!
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Mermaids - Curiosity about Convent Life and Underwear
Charlotte Flax: [narrating]
So Joe, tell me about the nuns in the convent. Do they wear underwear in the shower? I don't believe I said that.
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Mermaids - Disillusionment with Adult Responsibility
Charlotte Flax: [everyone in town is stricken by the news of President Kennedy's assassination]
It feels like there isn't a single adult left on the entire planet.
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Mermaids - Expecting a unique child with heritage
Charlotte Flax:
I may be pregnant with the next Jewish-Italian Messiah!
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Mermaids - Desire for Passionate Connection
Charlotte Flax: [narrating]
Please, God, let him throw me on the ground and make another Joey Junior.
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Mermaids - Commitment Issues with Cooking
Charlotte Flax:
A word about Mrs. Flax and food: the word is "hors d'oeurves". "Fun Finger Foods" is her main source book and that's all the woman cooks. Anything more, she says, is too big a commitment.
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Beetlejuice - Encountering Ghosts in the Attic
Lydia:
Are you the guys hiding out in the attic?
Adam: [under the bedsheets]
We're ghosts!
Lydia:
What do you look like under there?
Adam:
Aren't you scared?
Lydia:
I'm not scared of sheets. Are you gross under there? Are you Night of the Living Dead under there? Like all bloody veins and pus?
Adam:
Night of the what?
Lydia:
Living Dead. It's a movie.
Barbara:
You know, if I had seen a ghost at your age I would have been scared outta my wits.
Lydia:
Of course I can see you.
Adam:
Well, how is it you see us and nobody else can?
Lydia:
Well, I've read through that handbook for the recently deceased. It says: Live people ignore the strange and unusual'. I, myself, am strange and unusual.
Barbara:
You look like a regular girl to me.
Adam:
You've read our book?
Lydia:
Yeah.
Adam:
You can follow it?
Lydia:
Yeah. Why were you guys creeping around in Delia's bedroom?
Adam:
We were trying to scare your mother.
Lydia:
Stepmother. Anyway, you can't scare her. She's sleeping with Prince Valium tonight.
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Beetlejuice - Different Perspectives on a Haunted House
Charles: [kisses her and forces her out his study room]
Pumpkin, sweetheart... Go help your mother.
Lydia: [leaves the room]
Maybe you can relax in a haunted house, but I can't.
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Beetlejuice - Lydia's Preference for the House
Lydia: [on the new house; sees a huge spider on a web]
Delia hates it. I could live here.
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Beetlejuice - Family Dinner Conversation in a New Home
Delia:
I can't believe we're eating Cantonese. Is there no Szechuan up here?
Lydia:
I plan to have a stroke from the amount of MSG that's in this food.
Delia:
This is our first meal in this house, so why don't we all do our little private parts to make it a pleasant one?
Charles:
Don't bait your mother, Pumpkin. As soon as we get settled, we'll build you a darkroom in the basement.
Lydia:
My whole life is a darkroom. One. Big. Dark. Room.
Delia: [[New York City]
So you were miserable in ], and now you're going to be miserable out here in the sticks. At least someone's life hasn't been upheaved.
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Edward Scissorhands - A Moment of Choices and Consequences
Kim:
She never saw him again. Not after that night.
Granddaughter:
How do you know?
Kim: [removes her glasses]
Because I was there.
Granddaughter:
You could have gone up there. You could still go.
Kim:
No, sweetheart. I'm an old woman now. I would rather he remember me the way I was.
Granddaughter:
How do you know he's still alive?
Kim:
I don't know, not for sure. But I believe he is. You see, before he came down here, it never snowed. And afterwards, it did. If he weren't up there now... I don't think it would be snowing. Sometimes, you can still catch me dancing in it.
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Edward Scissorhands - Concern and Gratitude in a Difficult Situation
Kim:
You're here... They didn't hurt you, did they?
Kim:
Were you scared? I tried to make Jim go back, but, you can't make Jim do anything. Thank you for not telling them that we...
Edward:
You're welcome.
Kim:
It must have been awful when they told you whose house it was.
Edward:
I knew it was Jim's house.
Kim:
You... you did?
Edward:
Yes.
Kim:
...Well, then why'd you do it?
Edward:
Because you asked me to.
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Edward Scissorhands - A Misunderstanding Leads to Panic
Jim: [after seeing Edward accidentally cut Kim]
Hey! Now you've done it!
Kim:
It was just a scratch Jim, really!
Peg:
What's going on?
Jim:
Call a doctor, he skewered Kim!
Jim: [bullying and shoving Edward]
You can't touch anything without destroying it! Who the hell do you think you are hanging around here, huh? Get the hell outta here! Go you freak!
Jim:
He tried to hurt you.
Kim:
No, he did not, and you know it!
Jim:
Are you nuts?! I just saw him!
Kim:
Jim, I don't love you anymore. I just want you to go, okay? Just go.
Jim:
Are you serious? I'm gonna lose you to that? He isn't even human.
Kim:
Just get out of here, okay?! Just go!
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Edward Scissorhands - A Moment of Unfulfilled Connection
Kim:
Hold me.
Edward: [tries to hold her]
...I can't.
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