Winona Ryder Quotes

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 Your Honors, I never see the devil in my life. But I can dance as fast backwards as I can forwards!

[stands up from the bench]

Judge Hathorne Sit down, I tell you. Sit! Sit her down!

Sarah Osborne 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!

[advances to Abigail and the girls]

Abigail Williams Oh! Stop hurting me, Goody Osborne! Help me, Judge Danforth!

[frightened]

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

Warning Against Underestimating Evil

Abigail Williams Let you beware, Mr. Danforth. Do you think yourself so mighty the Devil may not turn your wits?

[to Thomas Danforth]

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Beetlejuice

Lydia's Preference for the House

Lydia Delia hates it. I could live here.

[on the new house; sees a huge spider on a web]

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Beetlejuice

Different Perspectives on a Haunted House

Charles Pumpkin, sweetheart... Go help your mother.

[kisses her and forces her out his study room]

Lydia Maybe you can relax in a haunted house, but I can't.

[leaves the room]

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Heathers

Veronica's Challenge to Heather's Authority

Veronica Sawyer What is your damage, Heather?!

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Edward Scissorhands

A Misunderstanding Leads to Panic

Jim Hey! Now you've done it!

[after seeing Edward accidentally cut Kim]

Kim It was just a scratch Jim, really!

Peg What's going on?

Jim Call a doctor, he skewered Kim!

Jim 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!

[bullying and shoving Edward]

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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Mermaids

Desire for Passionate Connection

Charlotte Flax Please, God, let him throw me on the ground and make another Joey Junior.

[narrating]

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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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Edward Scissorhands

A Moment of Choices and Consequences

Kim She never saw him again. Not after that night.

Granddaughter How do you know?

Kim Because I was there.

[removes her glasses]

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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Beetlejuice

Encountering Ghosts in the Attic

Lydia Are you the guys hiding out in the attic?

Adam We're ghosts!

[under the bedsheets]

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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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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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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Mermaids

Expecting a unique child with heritage

Charlotte Flax I may be pregnant with the next Jewish-Italian Messiah!

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Edward Scissorhands

A Moment of Unfulfilled Connection

Kim Hold me.

Edward ...I can't.

[tries to hold her]

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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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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 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.

[[New York City]

Mermaids

Disillusionment with Adult Responsibility

Charlotte Flax It feels like there isn't a single adult left on the entire planet.

[everyone in town is stricken by the news of President Kennedy's assassination]

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 You never say that again!

[slaps Betty across the face]

Betty Parris You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!

Abigail Williams 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!

[throws Betty on the bed and starts hitting her]

Heathers

Conflicted Prayers and Dark Humor in Tragedy

Heather McNamara 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.

[praying over Heather Chandler's casket]

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 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!

[smiles]

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?

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.

Heathers

A Call for Maturity and Acceptance

Veronica Sawyer I say we just grow up, be adults, and die.

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?!

Mermaids

Curiosity about Convent Life and Underwear

Charlotte Flax So Joe, tell me about the nuns in the convent. Do they wear underwear in the shower? I don't believe I said that.

[narrating]

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.

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.

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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