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Lost Highway Quotes

"A lost road on the edge of strange..."

R 1997 · 2h 14m
76
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76
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11 quotes
A Haunting Revelation of Death
Fred Dick Laurent is dead...
A Brief Exchange Between Characters
Mr. Eddy How you doing, Pete?
Pete Dayton Okay.
Mr. Eddy You're doing okay. That's good, Pete.
Pete Look, it's late, Mr. Eddy. I—
Mr. Eddy I'm really glad to know you're doing okay. You're sure you're okay? Everything all right?
Pete Yeah.
Mr. Eddy I'm really glad to know you're doing good, Pete. Hey, I want you to talk to a friend of mine.
Mystery Man We've met before, haven't we?
Pete I don't think so. Where is it you think we've met?
Mystery Man At your house. Don't you remember?
Pete No. No, I don't.
Mystery Man In the east — the far east — when a person is sentenced to death, they're sent to a place where they can't escape, never knowing when an executioner may step up behind them and fire a bullet into the back of their head.
Pete What's going on?
Mystery Man It's been a pleasure talking to you.
Mr. Eddy Pete, I just wanted to jump on and say I'm really glad you're doing okay.
Importance of Safe Driving Practices
Mr. Eddie Don't tailgate! Don't you ever tailgate! Do you know how much space is needed to stop a car traveling at 35 miles per hour? Six car lengths! Six fuckin car lengths! That's a hundred and six fuckin feet, mister! If I had to stop suddenly, you woulda hit me! I want you to get a fuckin driver's manual, and I want you to study that motherfucker! And I want you to obey the the goddamn rules of the road! Fifty-fuckin thousand people were killed on the highways last year cause of fuckin assholes like you! Tell me you're gonna get a manual!
[while beating a tailgater]
Embracing Unconventional Beauty Together
Mr. Eddie You and me, mister, we can sure out-ugly them sumbitches, can't we?
Unrequited Desire Between Two Characters
Pete I want you!
Alice You'll never have me.
[whispers in his ear]
Unraveling Past Encounters and Memory Confusion
Mystery Man We've met before, haven't we?
Fred I don't think so. Where was it you think we met?
Mystery Man At your house. Don't you remember?
Fred No. No, I don't. Are you sure?
Mystery Man Of course. As a matter of fact, I'm there right now.
Fred What do you mean? You're where right now?
Mystery Man At your house.
Fred That's fucking crazy, man.
Mystery Man Call me. Dial your number. Go ahead.
Mystery Man I told you I was here.
[over the phone]
Fred How'd you do that?
Mystery Man Ask me.
Fred How did you get inside my house?
[angrily into the phone]
Mystery Man You invited me. It is not my custom to go where I am not wanted.
Fred Who are you?
[into the phone]
Mystery Man Give me back my phone.
[over the phone]
Mystery Man It's been a pleasure talking to you.
Perception of Memory and Reality
Fred I like to remember things my own way
Detective What do you mean by that?
Fred How I remember them. Not necessarily the way they happened
Smoothness Compared to Nature
Mr. Eddie Boy, that's smooth. Smooth as shit off a duck's ass!
The Nature of Coincidence in Life
Al Do you know what I think?
Ed What is it? What is it that you think?
Al There is no such thing as a bad coincidence.
The Power of Mechanical Excellence
Mr. Eddie This is where mechanical excellence and 1,400 horsepower pays off.
Identity and Deception Unveiled
Fred Madison Where's Alice?
Mystery Man Alice who? Her name is Renee. If she's told you her name is Alice, she's lying. And your name? What the fuck is your name?
[shouts]