Bug (2007) - Quotes

Infection of the Mind and Body

Taglines: They live in your blood... and they feed on your brain.

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Invasion Begins with a Drone Search

Taglines: First they send in their drone... then they find their queen.

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The Contagion of Paranoia

Taglines: Paranoia is contagious.

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Exploring Unconscious Knowledge and Awareness

Agnes: I couldn't have done that! I didn't-- do that! Unless, unle-- Unless, unle... Unless I, like, know something that I don't know I know, or I've got something I don't know I've got.

Peter: What don't you know?

Agnes: What? I don't know! There's a lot I don't know!

Peter: What don't. You know?

Agnes: I don't-- I, I, I-- Jesus!

Peter: THINK, AGNES! What don't you know?!

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Questioning Reality and Perception of Delusions

Dr. Sweet: Bugs are a fairly common delusion among paranoids. Bugs, spiders, snakes... Spiders. You haven't had any snakes, have you?

Agnes: You're the first.

Dr. Sweet: Have you at least entertained the idea that the bugs are a delusion?

Agnes: How do I know you're not a delusion?

Dr. Sweet: Touché.

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Discussion About Aphids and Their Behavior

R.C.: Oh my God! You think an aphid did that?

Peter: I know what did it to me!

R.C.: Aphids can't bite!

Peter: You know a lot about aphids?

R.C.: No?

Peter: Do you know anything about aphids?

R.C.: No!

Peter: We do.

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The Struggle for Inner Authenticity

Peter: [on why he hasn't been with a woman for a long time] I just decided it wasn't worth it anymore.

Agnes: What wasn't?

Peter: You have a centre right? A place inside of you that's just you, that hasn't been spoiled... And I think it's really important to try and keep that space sacred. In some sense, on some level, but... sex or relationships cloud that space... or, they cloud me I guess, they make it difficult to be just me and not have to worry about... being somebody else. I sound like a big asshole, don't I.

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Identity and Place in Conversation

Agnes: You don't sound like you're from Oklahoma.

Peter: I'm from Beaver.

Agnes: Well, we're all from beaver, ain't we?

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Intrusive Questions and Suspicious Behavior

Jerry Goss: Who was that boy up in here last night?

Agnes: Have you been watching my place?

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Confronting the Past and Redemption

Agnes: You tried to kill me.

Jerry Goss: That was a rough one, yeah. I was bad to drink back then.

Agnes: Oh, back before you found God?

Identity and Role in a Complex Dynamic

Peter: I am the drone.

Agnes: I am the mother queen.

Assemble the Pieces for Clarity

Peter Evans: Put it together, the pieces'll fit, okay?

Fate and Presence in Unlikely Circumstances

Peter Evans: AGNES! I don't believe that my presence here is accidental.

The Importance of Listening to Understand Reality

Peter Evans: If you want to know what is going on, you have to listen to me! You have to, because you don't know, the fucking enormity of what we're dealing with!