30 Days of Night (2007) - Quotes

Facing the Dawn Together

Stella: What did you do to yourself?

Eben: What I had to. Should I go after them?

Eben: It's almost dawn. We made it.

Stella: [starts crying] Eben, the dawn!

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A Promise Amidst Regret

Eben: We'll watch the sunrise together.

Stella: I'm so sorry, baby. I never should have left you.

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The Destructive Nature of Power and Conflict

Head Vampire: (Quoting polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski) When man meets a force he can't destroy, he destroys himself instead. What a plague you are.

Marlow: [[w:Dmitri Pisarev|Dmitri Pisarev] (Looking at a severely burned vampire, and quoting ]) What can be broken, must be broken.

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Reflections on Love and Sacrifice

Stella: I should have fought harder.

Eben: The things you'll do to save your own.

Stella: We were like that once, weren't we?

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A Desperate Choice Between Safety and Danger

Eben: They'll kill her if she runs. She'll burn if she stays.

Jake: Eben.

Eben: Oh dear god.

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A Dispute Over Who Will Go

Eben: I'll go. I'm the fastest.

Jake: Bullshit! I'll go. I-I weigh less than you.

Eben: You're fifteen.

Jake: Exactly! You have a wife, people need you!

Eben: I saw what you did back there. You up to doing that 6 or 7 more times?

Stella: You don't even think it will work.

Eben: But you do.

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Struggles of Loss and Thirst for Connection

Lucy: Now there's six of us.

Carter: Soon there'll be just five.

Carter: The little girl in the store. I changed. I'm just so thirsty now. I couldn't tell you. That photo's all I've got left of my family. Martha was taking the kids to visit her mom. They were hit... by a drunk driver. I wanted to be with them so much. I... I couldn't bring myself to do it. But I know they're waiting for me. I can't live forever. I can't. Eben. Don't let me.

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Reassurance in a Moment of Vulnerability

Jake: [''shaking uncontrollably''] Sh-she was...j-just a g-girl...

Stella: [''Embracing Jake''] It's ok.

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Faith and Doubt in Darkness

Kirsten: Please, God!

Marlow: [''looks up at sky then back down at Kirsten. He shakes his head.''] God? No God.

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Resilience in the Face of Danger

Doug: They don't fall down when they're shot.

Beau: Hell, neither do I.

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Debate on the Existence of Vampires

Jake: I saw them feeding on Grandma Helen. I saw their teeth. They're like vampires, you know?

Stella: Vampires don't exist, Jake.

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Imminent Danger in a Desolate Town

The Stranger: No way out of town. No one coming to help.

Jake Oleson: Shut up.

The Stranger: You can feel that. That cold ain't the weather - that's death approaching. Who do you think they're gonna take first? The girl, who thinks a gun will help her? The kid, sheriff's kid? Or the old gal?

Jake Oleson: Shut up.

The Stranger: Oh... yeah... thank you, for the plastic. I can snap that apart and pick the lock.

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Impending Threat Approaches the Characters

The Stranger: They're coming

Eben: Who're they?

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Imminent Threat Creates Tension Among Characters

The Stranger: Mr. and Mrs. Sheriff. So sweet. So helpless against what is coming.

Stella: He's just trying to freak us out.

Jake: It's working.

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A Challenge Outside Among Friends

Eben: Come on. You and me, let's go. I'm taking you outside.

The Stranger: [''standing up''] I'd like to see that.

Stella: [''resting gun against his head''] So would I. But then Lucy would have to clean up after Eben was done kicking your ass.

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Survival and Death in a Frozen Landscape

Stella: [''Eben looks up, rather annoyed''] I guess it's a good thing you didn't want kids, eh? Imagine.

The Stranger: The cold isn't the weather, that's death approaching.

The Stranger: [''after Eben shoots him''] You Shithead!

Beau: Welcome to Barrow, Top of the world!

Doug: I kept shootin', and they just kept comin'. It's like they're all cooked up on PCP or something.

Girl Vampire: I'm done playing with this one. You wanna play with me now?

Self-Destruction in the Face of Power

Marlow: When man meets a force he can't destroy, he destroys himself. What a plague you are.

Separation of Heads and Bodies Required

Marlow: Their heads must be separated from their bodies. Do not turn them.

Deception as a Tool for Survival

Marlow: It took us centuries to make them believe that we are no more than just bad dreams. We should give them no reason to suspect.

The Importance of Family Protection

Sheriff Eben Oleson: When you have a family, you never hurt them!

Scent of Blood Awareness

Sheriff Eben Oleson: [''After injecting Billy's blood''] I can smell your blood.

A Brother's Farewell and Final Request

Sheriff Eben Oleson: [''Looks up, from preparing to inject''; ''Hugs Jake''] Jake, when they're all watchin me, call Stella on the walkie talkie and tell her to run for it. You did good, little brother. Take care of Stella for me.

Power Cut Threat in 30 Days of Night

Sheriff Eben Oleson: [''holding up sunlamp''; ''Power goes out''; ''starts running''] Yeah, it worked! but they're gonna cut the power. Oh, sh-

Defiance in the Face of Danger

Sheriff Eben Oleson: Come get me, motherfuckers!!!

Survival Strategy in Harsh Conditions

Sheriff Eben Oleson: We'll sleep in shifts. We'll ration our food, and then we'll figure out the next step. We have two advantages - we know this town, and we know the cold. We live here for a reason: because nobody else can.