Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) - Quotes

Romantic and Chilling Duality Explored

Taglines: Romantic — and shocking... spine chilling — and heartrending

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Empathy in the Face of Madness

Taglines: Put yourself in her place! The dreaded night when her lover became a madman!

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The Limits of Scientific Exploration

Dr. Jekyll: You have no interests in science at all! You have no dreams, no curiosity.

Dr. Lanyon: There are bounds beyond which one should not go.

Dr. Jekyll: Yes, it isn't done, I suppose. I tell you there are no bounds, Lanyon.

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Marriage Motivations: Love, Life, and Experiments

Dr. Lanyon: Well, I hope the responsibilities of marriage will sober you up.

Dr. Jekyll: I'm not marrying to be sober. I'm marrying to be drunk! Drunk with love and life and experiments.

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Tension Between Jekyll and Lanyon Escalates

Dr. Lanyon: I'm afraid you offended the General.

Dr. Jekyll: Offended him! It's a pity I didn't strangle the old walrus!

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Honeymoon Dreams of Love and Nature

Dr. Jekyll: I can't wait any longer. We shall go to Devon for our honeymoon and live on love and strawberries and the sight of the sea!

Muriel Carew: And moonlight.

Dr. Jekyll: Endless moonlight!

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The Struggle Between Creation and Control

Dr. Lanyon: You're a rebel, and see what it has done for you. You're in the power of this monster that you have created.

Dr. Jekyll: I'll never take that drug again!

Dr. Lanyon: Yes, but you told me you became that monster tonight not of your own accord. It will happen again.

Dr. Jekyll: It never will. I'm sure of it. I'll conquer it!

Dr. Lanyon: Too late. You cannot conquer it. It has conquered you!

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Thirst and Desires in Human Nature

Dr. Lanyon: Perhaps you're forgetting, you're engaged to Muriel.

Dr. Jekyll: Forgotten it? Can a man dying of thirst forget water? And do you know what would happen to that thirst if it were to be denied water?

Dr. Lanyon: If I understand you correctly, you sound almost indecent.

Dr. Jekyll: What names you give things!

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A Tense Moment Between Muriel and Lanyon

Muriel Carew: Take me. Take me soon!

Dr. Lanyon: Drop that knife!

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Embracing Liberation and Freedom

Mr. Hyde: Free! Free at last!

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Critique of Hypocrisy in Gentlemanly Behavior

Mr. Hyde: Perhaps you prefer a gentleman. One of those fine-mannered and honorable gentlemen. Those panting hypocrites who like your legs but talk about your garters.

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Inner Strength Behind an Unappealing Exterior

Mr. Hyde: I grant you, I'm no beauty. But, under this exterior, you'll find the very flower of man. Look at me. Do you suppose I'd let anybody stand in my way?

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Unintended Consequences of Ambition

Dr. Jekyll: Oh God, this I did not intend. I have gone where man should not go. I have trespassed on your domain.

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The Freedom of Evil's Release

Dr. Jekyll: Evil, once liberated, will trouble us no more.

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The Duality of Human Nature

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Celebration of Eternal Life and Resilience

Dr. Jekyll: Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down.

A Doctor's Perspective on Professionalism

Dr. Jekyll: I'm a doctor, you know, and I'll call that kiss my fee.

A Quirky Suggestion from Dr. Jekyll

Dr. Jekyll: You ought to wear squeaky shoes, Hobson.

Healing Through Temporary Pain

Dr. Jekyll: Sometimes a doctor must hurt you a little to make you well, right?

The Duality of Human Nature

Dr. Jekyll: My analysis of this soul, the human psyche, leads me to believe that man is not truly one — but, truly two. One of him strives for the nobilities of life. This we call his good self. The other, seeks an expression of impulses that bind him to some dim animal relation with the earth. This — we may call the bad. These two carry out an eternal struggle in the nature of man. Yet, they are chained together — and that chain spells repression to the evil, remorse to the good. Now, if these two selves could be separated from each other, how much freer the good in us would be? What heights it might scale? And the so-called evil, once liberated, would fulfill itself and trouble us no more. I believe the day is not far off, when this separation will be possible.

Exploring the Marvel of the Human Soul

Dr. Jekyll: I shall not dwell today on the secrets of the human body, in sickness and in health. Today I want to talk to you of a greater marvel: the soul of man!

Exploring Beyond the Fog of Limitation

Dr. Jekyll: Gentlemen! London is so full of fog, that it has penetrated our minds, set boundaries for our vision. As men of science, we should be curious and bold enough to peek beyond it — into the many wonders it conceals.