Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) - Quotes

Raiden: Who am I?

Villagers: You're the kindest old man in the world!

Kubo: If you must blink, do it now.

Kubo: [[love] I know why you want my eye. Because without it, I can't look into the eyes of another and see their soul. Their ]...

Raiden: Everything you loved is GONE! Everything you knew has been taken from you!

Kubo: [strums the strings again and summons the spirits from the lanterns] No... it's in the memories. The most powerful kind of magic there is.

Kubo: It makes us stronger than you'll ever be. These are the memories of those we've have loved and lost. And if we hold their stories, deep in our hearts… then you will never take them away from us.

Monkey: So if you don't eat you'll be weak and if your weak you'll be slow and if your slow you'll died.

Kubo: [165 minutes later logo; sings [[The Fox and the Hound|"Best of Friends"] Ready? 3, 2, 1, sing! ] while strums the strings]

Monkey: Let me guess, you have questions.

Kubo: Why did?-

Beetle: I'll start. First question. If i'm Beetle and you're Monkey, why isn’t he called boy?

Monkey: Oh boy.

Monkey: Release us!

Washi: Oh sister. I remember how we looked up to you. Such a waste. All we ever wish to be a family in our home amongst the stars.

Monkey: I think we're far from definitions of family.

Beetle: Don't you touch him, you witch!

Washi: [[insect; [soul] And then there's you! The thieving ] who stole my sister's ].

Monkey: What?

Washi: You've been together all this time and you hadn't realized? (Uses the smoke to grab an origami of Hanzo and turns it into an origami of Beetle) You took her from us. It's the only thing we took from you. How those memories spill from your head up wiping up the recollection on your obscene union, Hanzo.

Beetle: What?

Monkey: Hanzo?

Beetle: I-I didn't know.

Monkey: No!

Washi: (faces Kubo) I'm forgetting what I came here for.

Kubo: Monkey, I think he's in trouble! We should help him!

Monkey: Kubo, your aunts are still out there! I'm sorry, but we have to head for shore!

Monkey: [Runs across the leafy galleon and jumps off to dive in for Kubo, but a mechanical hand attached to a chain grabs her by the leg and pulls her back onto the deck. She looks up above her as Karasu gently floats down towards the boat holding the chain in her hand] Kubo!

Karasu: Oh how precious. I come here to fish and all I reel in is a wretched ape. It is a shame that this filthy creature is all that's left of my sister's magic.

Monkey: [Runs to Karasu with a sword in her hands; they fight. Beetle carries Kubo and swims back up on the boat] This filthy creature will tear you APART!

Beetle: It's the eyes. He looked at the eyes.

Kubo: Who are you? How do you know my name?

Karasu: We're your family, Kubo. Your mother's sisters. We've been looking for you for so long. (Washi appears from behind Karasu)

Karasu and Washi: It's so pleasure to meet you, Kubo, face to face. Come, Kubo. Come to your aunties. There's no reason to be afraid. We just need your other eye. (Kubo runs off into the forest) Your grandfather admires us.

Kubo: Monkey, you saying yourself.

Kubo: [famous line] If you must blink, do it now. Pay careful attention to everything you see and hear, no matter how unusual it may seem. And please be warned: if you fidget, if you look away, if you forget any part of what I tell you, even for an instant, then our hero will surely perish.