Corpse Bride (2005) - Quotes

Bonejangles: [his eye rolls to the other side of his head; "Remains of the Day" plays] Hit it, boys.

Bonejangles: What a story it is. A tragic tale of romance, passion, and a murder most foul!

Pastor Galswells: [in front of a crowd of skeletons] Begone, ye demons from Hell! Back to the void from whence you came! You shall not enter here! Back! BACK!!!

Pastor Galswells: I now pronounce you man and wife.

Pastor Galswells: [about Victoria] She's speaking in tongues. Of unholy alliances! Her mind has come undone, I fear.

Pastor Galswells: [after hearing about Victor and the Corpse Bride; snuffs out his candle by hand] Hmm. I believe I know the thing to do. Come with me.

Pastor Galswells: [opens door] What in heaven's name? Who could that be at this hour? Miss Everglot? What are you doing here? You should be at home, prostrate with grief!

Pastor Galswells: [to Victor] ENOUGH! This wedding cannot take place until he is properly prepared! Young man, learn your vows.

Maudeline Everglot: Will the mortification never cease? It will be YEARS before we can show ourselves in public again!

Finis Everglot: [repeated line] Fetch me musket!

Finis Everglot: There's an eye in me soup.

Finis Everglot: [to Victor] Out of the way, you ninny!

Emily: I was a bride. My dreams were taken from me. Well now...now I've stolen them from someone else. I love you, Victor. But you are not mine.

Emily: Or perhaps he does belong with her, Little Miss Living, with her rosy cheeks and beating heart.

Emily: If I touch a burning candle I can feel no pain. In the ice or in the sun it's all the same. And I feel my heart is aching, though it doesn't beat it's breaking. Yet the pain here that I feel...try and tell me it's not real. And I know that I am dead. It seems that I still have some tears to shed.

Emily: [after her hand escapes her arm and dances up Victor's arm] Pardon my enthusiasm.

Emily: I've spent so long in the darkness, I'd almost forgotten how beautiful the moonlight is.

Emily: We need to go up. Upstairs? To visit the land of the living.

Emily: Isn't the view beautiful? It takes my breath away. Well, it would if I had any

Emily: If I touch a burning candle, I can feel no pain. If you cut me with a knife, it's still the same. And I know her heart is beating, and I know that I am dead; yet the pain here that I feel, try and tell me it's not real, and it seems that I still have a tear to shed.

Victor Van Dort: Mother never approved of Scraps jumping up like this. But then again, she never approved of anything.

Victor Van Dort: Please, there's been a mistake! I'm not dead!

Victor Van Dort: I-I-I do apologize, Miss Everglot. How rude of me to...Well...Excuse me.

Victor Van Dort: I'm already reeling, Mother. Shouldn't Victoria Everglot be marrying a lord or something?

Victor Van Dort: [to the corpse of Scraps] Play dead...Oh, sorry.

Victor Van Dort: [trying to practice his vows; unconsciously holds hands before his chest in a suggestive manner, and is then horrified; loses confidence; looking at the flowers Victoria gave him, and begins to have confidence] With this hand, I will cup your... Oh goodness, no. With this candle, I will...I will... I will set your mother on fire. With this hand, I will lift your sorrows. Your cup will never be empty, for I will be your wine. Ah, Mrs. Everglot. You look ravishing this evening. What's that, Mr. Everglot? Call you "dad"? If you insist, sir. With this candle, I will light your way in darkness. With this ring, I ask you to be mine.

Victor Van Dort: I've got a...I've got a dwarf, and I'm not afraid to use him!

Victor Van Dort: Sir, I beg you to help. It means so much to me...us.

Victor Van Dort: You should've seen him with fur.

Victor Van Dort: [struggles to say "married"; Victoria: "Married"?] Victoria, t-tomorrow, we are to be... mmmm...mmmm...mmmm... Yes. Ha. m-m-married.