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Breakfast at Tiffany's Quotes

"Audrey Hepburn plays that daring, darling Holly Golightly to a new high in entertainment delight!"

NR 1961 · 1h 55m
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Talent and Compensation in Artistic Pursuits
Holly Do you think she's talented? Deeply and importantly talented?
[Paul turns toward her]
Paul No. Amusingly and superficially talented, yes, but . . . deeply and importantly, no.
Holly Gracious! Do you think she's handsomely paid?
Paul Hm? Oh! Indeed.
Holly Well let me tell you something, mister. If I had her money, I'd be richer than she is!
Paul How do you figure that?
Holly Because I keep the candy store.
Paul Hm?
Holly Oh, Sally Tomato. That's my candy store. I'll always keep Sally. And that's why I'd be richer than she is!
[She laughs.]
Paul We'd better get a little more air.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Holly's Appearance Impresses Paul
Holly How do I look?
Paul Very good. I must say, I'm amazed.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Impact of Fame on Beauty
Holly Golightly There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.
[to Paul "Fred" Varjak]
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Desire for Belonging and Connection
Holly He's all right! Aren't you, cat? Poor cat! Poor slob! Poor slob without a name! The way I see it I haven't got the right to give him one. We don't belong to each other. We just took up one day by the river. I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's.
Paul Tiffany's? You mean the jewelry store.
Holly That's right. I'm just crazy about Tiffany's!
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Stories of Anger and Sensitivity
Paul They're not the kind of stories you can really tell.
Holly Too dirty?
Paul Yeah, I suppose they're dirty, too, but only incidentally. Mainly they're angry, sensitive, intensely felt, and that dirtiest of all dirty words - promising. Or so said The Times Book Review, October 1, 1956.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Isolation in a Bustling City
Paul "Fred" Varjak And I always heard people in New York never get to know their neighbors.
[to Holly Golightly]
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Expressions of Happiness and Acknowledgment
Holly Did I tell you how divinely and utterly happy I am?
Paul Yes.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Holly's Affection for Jose
Holly Golightly But I am mad about Jose. I honestly think I'd give up smoking if he asked me.
[to Paul "Fred" Varjak]
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Nostalgia and Continuity in Everyday Moments
Paul Actually, it was purchased concurrent with . . . well, actually, it came inside of . . . well, a box of Cracker Jack.
Salesman I see. Do they still really have prizes in Cracker Jack boxes?
Paul Oh, yes.
Salesman That's nice to know. It gives one a feeling of solidarity, almost of continuity, with the past, that sort of thing.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Perceptions Reflected in Gift Choices
Holly Golightly You could always tell what kind of a person a man thinks you are by the earrings he gives you. I must say, the mind reels.
[to Paul "Fred" Varjak]
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Challenge of Remembering Thursdays
Holly Thursday! It can't be! It's too gruesome!
Paul What's so gruesome about Thursday?
Holly Nothing, except I can never remember when it's coming up.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Dangers of Loving a Wild Thing
Doc Golightly I love you, Lula Mae.
Holly Golightly I know you do, and that's just the trouble. It's the mistake you always made, Doc, trying to love a wild thing. You were always lugging home wild things. Once it was a hawk with a broken wing . . . and another time it was a full-grown wildcat with a broken leg. Remember?
Doc Lula Mae there's something . . .
Holly You musn't give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get, until they're strong enough to run into the woods or fly into a tree. And then to a higher tree and then to the sky.
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Embracing the role of shock value
Holly Golightly It's useful being top banana in the shock department!
[to Paul "Fred" Varjak]
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Uncommon Experience of Breakfast Champagne
Paul "Fred" Varjak I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before, before.
[to Holly Golightly]
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Chasing Dreams and Heartbreaks Together
Holly Golightly ], wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style some day Oh, dream maker, my heart breaker Wherever you're going, I'm going your way …
[singing; [w:Moon River (song)|Moon river]
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Defiance in the Face of Judgment
Holly Golightly Ahh . . . Do I detect a look of disapproval in your eye? Tough beans buddy, cause that's the way it's gonna be.
[to Paul "Fred" Varjak]
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Concerns About Appearance Before Important Events
Holly Golightly I've got to do something about the way I look. I mean a girl just can't go to Sing Sing with a green face.
[to Paul "Fred" Varjak]
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
A Challenge to Cross the Room
Holly Golightly It should take you exactly four seconds to cross from here to that door. I'll give you two.
[to Paul "Fred" Varjak]
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Identity and Certainty in Self-Description
Holly What do you do, anyway?
Paul I'm a writer, I guess.
Holly You guess? Don't you know?
Paul Okay, positive statement. Ringing affirmative. I'm a writer.
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Confronting Self-Imposed Limitations
Paul "Fred" Varjak You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing", and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.
[to Holly Golightly]
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Expressing Frustration with Colorful Exclamations
Holly Golightly But oh golly! Gee damn!
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Understanding the Mean Reds
Holly You know those days when you get the mean reds?
Paul The mean reds, you mean like the blues?
Holly No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?
Paul Sure.
Holly Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany's. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it. Nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that'd make me feel like Tiffany's, then - then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name!
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Self-Reflection on Identity and Belonging
Holly Golightly I'm like Cat, here. We're a couple of no-name slobs.
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Misunderstanding a Nickname in Conversation
O. J. Berman Hey, Fred-baby!
Paul No, no. It's Paul-baby.
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Love and Freedom in Relationships
Paul I love you.
Holly So what.
Paul So what? So plenty! I love you, you belong to me!
Holly No. People don't belong to people.
[tearfully]
Paul Of course they do!
Holly I'll never let anybody put me in a cage.
Paul I don't want to put you in a cage, I want to love you!
Holly It's the same thing!
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
A Comedic Take on Wealth and Marriage
Holly I'll tell you one thing, Fred, darling . . . I'd marry you for your money in a minute. Would you marry me for my money?
Paul In a minute.
Holly I guess it's pretty lucky neither of us is rich, huh?
Paul Yeah.
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