Poor Things (2023) - Quotes

A Proposal with Dark Humor

Duncan Wedderburn: I will fucking throw you overboard!

Bella Baxter: So you wish to marry me, or kill me? Is that the proposal?

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Discussion on Limits and Strengths in Men

Bella Baxter: I am rested, let us go again.

Duncan Wedderburn: Again? Unfortunately, even I have my limits. Men cannot keep coming back for more.

Bella Baxter: It is a physiological problem? A weakness in men.

Duncan Wedderburn: Well... perhaps so.

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A Conversation About Unpleasant Experiences

Duncan Wedderburn: [''After she spits out her food''] Bella!

Bella Baxter: Why keep it in my mouth if it is revolting?

Kitty: [''She laughs''] I've said that before to Gerald.

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Beauty and Experience in Unexpected Comparisons

Duncan Wedderburn: You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. I will not lie, I’ve been with many.

Bella Baxter: Missus Prim said you were wolf, with scent of a hundred women on you.

Duncan Wedderburn: She undersells it, okay. Oysters, have you had them before?

Bella Baxter: I have not.

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Embracing Life's Full Spectrum of Experience

Madame Swiney: We must work. We must make money. But more than that Bella, we must experience everything. Not just the good, but degradation, horror, sadness. This makes us whole Bella, makes us people of substance. Not flighty, untouched children. Then we can know the world. And when we know the world, the world is ours.

Bella Baxter: I want that.

Madame Swiney: Now go and fuck someone and bring me ten francs.

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Conflict Between Control and Freedom

Dr. Godwin Baxter: I can't let you go.

Bella Baxter: If you do not, Bella shall turn rotten with hate.

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Felicity's View on Belle's Character

Felicity: Belle. Whore.

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A Comment on Physical Appearance and Intelligence

Max McCandles: [About Bella] My, what a very pretty retard.

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A Woman's Delight in Seeking Freedom

Madame Swiney: A woman plotting her course to freedom. How delightful.

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Questioning Intentions in Relationships

Max McCandles: [''Having dinner with Godwin''] I was wondering if perhaps you were raising her to be your mistress. A dark thought unworthy of me, I know. So, you are not laying with her?

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Exploring Complexities of Desire and Emotion

Dr. Godwin Baxter: Spermatic ejaculation can only induce in me if accompanied by prolonged stimulation of higher nerve centers whose pressure on the ductless glands changes the chemistry of my blood not for a few spasmodic minutes, but for many days. ] and cannot fuck her! To get a sexual response from my body would take the same amount of electricity as runs ]. Besides, my paternal feelings seem to outweigh my sexual thoughts.

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The Progress of an Unconventional Experiment

Dr. Godwin Baxter: She's an experiment. Her brain and her body are not quite synchronized. But she is progressing at an accelerated pace.

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Compassionate Advice from a Dismissed Father

Dr. Godwin Baxter: My father once told me, "Always carve with compassion." He was a fucking idiot, but it's not bad advice.

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Embracing Freedom in the Present Moment

Duncan Wedderburn: You, like me, are a creature of freedom in the moment.

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Confidence in Unmatched Passion

Duncan Wedderburn: Well at the risk of being immodest, you have just been thrice fucked by the very best. It's probable no other man will ever bring you to the raptures I will. I feel bad for you.

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Self-Mastery and Personal Responsibility

Duncan Wedderburn: [''Mockingly to Max in a mental institution''] We're all masters of our own ships." You cunty cuntface dipshit!

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Embracing Flaws and Seeking Adventure

Bella Baxter: I am Bella Baxter. I am a flawed, experimenting person. I seek outings and adventures. Bella's so much to discover. And there is a world to enjoy, circumnavigate. It is the goal of all to improve, advance, progress, grow.

A Call for Less Talk in Agreement

Bella Baxter: [after she kisses Max McCandless] We will need less of your tongue in the future. But overall, most agreeable.

The Illness of Money

Bella Baxter: Money is its own form of sickness.

Exploring the Fascination of Being Alive

Bella Baxter: I am finding being alive fascinating.

Embracing the Nature of Change

Bella Baxter: I’m a changeable feast, as are all of we.

Astonishing Friendship and Unconventional Advice

Bella Baxter: This is Martha. She is my new friend who has not been fucked in twenty years! Is that not astonishment? I hope you use your hand between your legs to keep yourself happy?