Beauty and the Beast Quotes

Maestro Cadenza Ha ha! Such sweet music! Stand back!

Clothilde Silence that harpsichord!

Maestro Cadenza Wha--uh-oh...

Madame de Garderobe MAESTRO?

Maestro Cadenza DARLING! AT LAST!

Madame de Garderobe I'm coming, my love! This is it: the FAT LADY IS SINGING! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

Maestro Cadenza BRAVISSIMA!

Lumière Cogsworth, we beat the clock!

Chip Mum said I was not supposed to move because it might be scary. Sorry.

Belle What happens when the last petal falls?

Lumière The Master remains a beast forever and we become...

Mrs. Potts Antiques.

Lumière Knick-knacks.

Plumette Lightly-used housewares.

Cogsworth Rubbish. We become rubbish.

Belle I want to help you. There must be some way to break the curse.

Cogsworth Well, there is one...

Mrs. Potts It's not for you to worry about, lamb. We made our bed and now we must lie in it.

Prince Adam/Beast Show me the girl...

Gaston Hello, Beast. I'm Gaston. Belle sent me. Were you in love with her? Did you honestly think she'd want you?

Beast Lumiere!

Lumière Be calm. Let me do the talking.

Beast You're making her dinner?

Lumière We thought you might appreciate the company.

Cogsworth Master, I just want to assure you that I had no part of this hopeless plan. Preparing her dinner, designing a gown for her, giving her a suite in the East Wing...

Beast You gave her a bedroom?

Cogsworth No, no, no! He gave her the bedroom.

Lumière Well, this is true. But, if this girl is the one who can break the spell, then maybe you can start by using dinner to charm her.

Lumière Good thinking, Cogsworth.

Cogsworth What?

Beast That's the most ridiculous idea, I've ever heard. Charm the prisoner.

Lumière But you must try, master. With every passing day, we become less human.

Beast She's the *daughter* of a common thief. What kind of person do you think that makes her?

Mrs. Potts Oh, you can't judge people by who their father is, now can you?

Lumière Be our guest.

Agathe/Enchantress Drink, Maurice.

Prince Adam/Beast I am not a beast. Go! Get out!

Cogsworth Turn back into a clock. Turn back into a clock.

Maurice No. I'm sure this is the way. Do you hear those wolves? That means we're getting very close to the castle.

Gaston Look, enough is enough. We have to turn back.

Maurice Stop.

Maurice That's it. There it is. That's the tree. I'm sure of it. It-it was downed by lightning at the time. But now it's... resumed an upright position through some sort of... magic or other.

LeFou You really want to marry into this family?

Maurice So that means that the... the castle is that - No. No, it's - That way. Definitely... that way.

Gaston I am done playing this game of yours! Where is Belle?

Maurice The Beast took her and she...

Gaston There are no such things as beasts... or talking teacups... or magic! But there are wolves, frostbite, and starvation!

LeFou Deep breaths, Gaston. Deep breaths.

Gaston So, why don't we just turn around, go back to Villeneuve? I'm sure Belle is at home, cooking up a lovely dinner.

Maurice If you think I've made all this up, then why did you offer to help?

Gaston Because, I want to marry your daughter! Now, let's go home.

Maurice Belle is not at home! She is with the...

Gaston You say "Beast" one more time, I WILL FEED YOU TO THE WOLVES!!!!!

LeFou Gaston, stop it! Breathe, think of happy thoughts, go back to the war, blood, explosions, countless widows.

Gaston Widows...

LeFou Yes, yes. That's it... That's it.

Gaston Maurice! Please forgive me, old bean. That's no way to talk to my future father-in-law, now is it?

Maurice Future father-in-law?

Gaston Yeah.

Maurice You will never marry my daughter.

LeFou I saw that coming.

Gaston If Maurice won't give me his blessing, then he's in my way. Once the wolves are finished with him, Belle will have no one to take care of her but ME!

LeFou For the sake of exhausting all of our options, do we maybe want to consider a slightly less... gruesome alternative?

Gaston Are you coming?

Beast What are you doing here?! What did you do to it?!

Belle Nothing!

Beast Do you realize what you could have done? You could have damned us all! Get out of here! GO!!!!!!

Beast A little gift from the Enchantress. A book that truly allows you to escape.

Belle How amazing!

Beast It was her cruelest trick of all. It was just another curse. Perhaps our world has no place for a creature like me. But it can for you.

Beast Think of the one place that you've always wanted to see. Now find it in your mind's eye and feel it in your heart.

Belle I told you to go away.

Gaston Have you seen the inside of a mad house, Maurice? You wouldn't last a week. Just give me your daughter and I'll set you free.

Maurice Never.

Gaston Take him away!

Belle STOP!! Papa!

Maurice Oh, Belle! I thought I lost you.

Belle Let him out! He's hurt!

D'Arque We can't do that, miss, but we'll take very good care of him.

Belle My father's not crazy! Gaston, tell him!

Gaston You know how loyal, I am your family. But your father's been making some unbelievable claims.

Monsieur Jean It's true, Belle. He's been raving about a Beast in a castle.

Belle I've just come from a castle, there is a Beast!

Gaston You say anything to set him free. Your word is hardly proof!

Belle I want proof? Show me the Beast! There's my proof!

Gaston This is sorcery! Look at this Beast! LOOK AT HIS FANGS! HIS CLAWS!!

Belle No. Don't be afraid! He's gentle and kind.

Gaston The monster has her under his spell. If I didn't know better, I'd say she even cared for him!

Belle He's NOT a monster, Gaston! BUT YOU!! The Beast wouldn't hurt anyone!

Gaston I've heard of the effects of dark magic, but I've never before seen it with my own eyes! This is a threat to a very existence! We can't have her running off to warn the Beast! Lock her up, too.

Belle No!

Tom Come here!

Belle NO!

Tom Shut up.

Belle You won't get away with this, Gaston!

Maurice Oh, Belle!

LeFou Gaston, with all due respect...

Gaston Do you want to be next? Fetch my horse. Stand guard. Don't let them escape! This creature will curse us all if we don't stop him! WELL, I SAY WE KILL THE BEAST!!!

Belle Papa, is that you?

Maurice Belle, how did you find me?

Belle Your hands are ice. We need to get you home.

Maurice Belle. Belle, you must leave here at once. This castle is alive. Now go before he finds you!

Belle Who?

Belle Who's there? Who are you?!

Beast Who are you?

Belle I've come for my father.

Beast Your father... is a THIEF.

Belle Liar!

Beast He stole a rose.

Belle I asked for the rose. Punish me, not him.

Maurice No, he means forever. Apparently, that's what happens around here when you pick a flower!

Belle A life sentence for a rose?

Beast I received eternal damnation for one. I'm merely locking him away. Now, do you still wish to take your father's place?

Belle Come into the light.

Beast Choose.

Maurice Belle, I won't let you do this. I lost your mother, I won't lose you too! Now go. Go!

Belle All right, Papa. I'll leave. I need a minute alone with him. You're being so cold-hearted you won't allow a daughter to say goodbye to her father? Forever can spare a minute.

Beast When this door closes, it will not open again.

Belle I should have been here with you.

Maurice Listen, Belle. It's alright. Go. Live your life, and forget about me.

Belle Forget you? Everything I am is because of you.

Maurice I love you, Belle. Don't be afraid.

Belle I love you too, Papa. I'm not afraid. And I will escape, I promise.

Maurice What?

Beast You took his place.

Belle He's my father.

Beast Then he is a fool. And so are you!

Maurice Belle...

Belle Papa! Be gentle with him!

Maurice Belle, I'll come back! I promise!

Enchantress/Agathe Once upon a time, in the hidden heart of France, a handsome young prince lived in a beautiful castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was selfish and unkind. He taxed the village to fill his castle with the most beautiful objects... ​and his parties with the most beautiful people.​ Then one night, an unexpected intruder arrived at​ the castle, seeking shelter from the bitter storm. As a gift, she offered the prince a single rose.​ Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince turned the woman away. But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances... for beauty is found within. When he dismissed her again, the old woman's outer appearance melted away... to reveal a beautiful Enchantress.​ The prince begged for forgiveness, but it was too late... for she had seen that there was no love in his heart.​ As punishment, she transformed him into a hideous Beast... and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there.​ As days bled into years, the prince and his servants were forgotten by the world, for the enchantress had erased all memory of them from the minds of the people they loved. ​But the rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose. If he could learn to love another and earn their love in return by the time the last petal fell, the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a Beast for all time.​ As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a Beast?

Belle Love can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind...

Belle and Beast ..."And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

Belle You know Shakespeare.

Beast I had an expensive education.

Belle Actually, ]'s my favorite play.

Beast Ugh, why is that not a surprise?

Belle ... I'm sorry?

Beast Well, all that heartache, and pining, and... bleaugh! So many better things to read.

Belle Like what?

Beast Well, there are a couple of things in here you could start with....

Beast Are you all right?

Belle It's wonderful!

Beast Yes, I suppose it is. Well, if you like it so much, then it's yours.

Belle Have you really read every one of these books?

Beast No, not all of them. Some of them are in Greek.

Belle Was that a joke? Are you making jokes now?

Beast Maybe.

LeFou Well, hello there. You must be the talking teacup. And YOU must be his grandmother.

Mrs. Potts GRANDMOTHER"?! ATTACK!

Belle This is the Paris of my childhood/These were the borders of my life/In this crumbling, dusty attic/Where an artist loved his wife/Easy to remember/Harder to move on/Knowing the Paris of my childhood/Is gone

Beast What happened to your mother?

Belle It was the one story Papa could never bring himself to tell me. I knew better than to ask.

Beast A doctor's mask...

Beast Plague.

Plague Doctor We have to leave. Now.

Belle's Mother Go, before it takes her too.

Beast I'm sorry I ever called your father a thief.

Belle Let's go home.

Mrs. Potts The Master's not as terrible as he appears. Somewhere deep in his soul, there's a prince... of a fellow who just waiting to be set free.

Belle GASTON, NO!

Belle What are you reading?

Beast Nothing.

Belle Guinevere and Lancelot.

Beast Well, actually..."King Arthur and the Round Table." Knights, and men, and swords, and things...

Belle Still... It's a romance.

Beast Alright...

Belle I never thanked you for saving my life.

Beast Well, I never thanked you for not leaving me to be eaten by wolves.

Belle They know how to have a good time.

Beast Yes, but when I enter the room, the laughter dies.

Belle Me too.

Belle The villagers say that I'm a funny girl, but I'm not sure they mean it as a compliment.

Beast I'm sorry. Your village sounds terrible.

Belle Almost as lonely as your castle.

Beast What do you say we run away?

Belle NO!

Beast Belle?

Beast BELLE! You came back!

Belle I tried to stop them!

Beast Stay there! I'm coming!

Chip Mama!

Mrs. Potts Thank you!

LeFou Take that!

Mrs. Potts Nicely handled!

LeFou Well, I used to be on Gaston's side, but we are so in a bad place right now.

Mrs. Potts You're too good for him anyway.

LeFou Yeah.

Mrs. Potts Should we get back to it, then?

Belle Why would I be startled? I'm talking to a candle.

Beast You'll join me for dinner. That's not a request.

Mrs. Potts Gently, Master. The girl lost her father and her freedom in one day.

Lumière Yes, the poor thing is probably in there scared to death.

Belle Just a minute.

Lumière You see? There she is. Now remember: Be gentle.

Mrs. Potts Kind.

Plumette Mmm, charming.

Cogsworth Sweet!

Lumière And when she opens the door, give her a dashing, debonaire smile! Come, come, show me the smile!

Cogsworth Oh, dear!

Plumette Oh, no!

Beast Will you join me for dinner?

Belle You've taken me as your prisoner, and now you want to have dinner with me? Are you insane?

Plumette Uh-oh! He's losing it!

Cogsworth Oh, dear!

Beast I told you to join me for dinner!

Belle And I told you no!

Madame Garderobe Oh, what time is it? What's happening?

Belle I'd starve before I ever eat with you!

Beast Well, be my guest! Go ahead and starve! If she doesn't eat with me, then she doesn't eat at all! Idiots!

Beast OOWW!!! That hurts.

Belle If you'd hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much.

Beast If you hadn't run away, none of this would have happened.

Belle Well, if you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have run away!

Beast Well, YOU shouldn't have been in the West Wing.

Belle Well, YOU should learn to control your temper!

Belle Try to get some rest.

Mrs. Potts Thank you, miss.

Lumière We are eternally grateful.

Belle Why do you care about him so much?

Mrs. Potts We've looked after him all his life.

Belle But he's cursed you somehow. Why? You did nothing.

Mrs. Potts You're quite right there, dear. You see, when the Master lost his mother, and his cruel father took that sweet, innocent lad and twisted him up to be just like him, we did nothing.

Lumière Let him sleep.

Beast You think you could be happy here?

Belle Can anybody be happy if they aren't free?

Cogsworth Well, Master, I have had my doubts, but everything is moving like clockwork. True love really does win the day!

Beast I let her go.

Cogsworth You... what?!

Lumière Master, how could you do that?

Beast I had to.

Cogsworth But why?

Mrs. Potts Because he loves her.

Lumière Then why are we not human?

Cogsworth Because she doesn't love him and now it's too late.

Plumette But, she might still come back.

Beast No. I set her free. I'm sorry I couldn't do the same for all of you. Now, go. Our time is almost past.

Lumière Come, my love.

Beast I was the one who had it all,I was the master of my fate.I never needed anybody in my life,I learned the truth too late.I'll never shake away the pain,I close my eyes but she's still there.I let her steal into my melancholy heart,It's more than I can bear.