Reign Over Me Quotes

Taglines Live every day like it's the best day of your life.

Taglines Let in the unexpected.

Alan Johnson I was stuck in Charlie's World, I couldn't leave

Charlie Fineman You're a good husband Alan. You remind me of me.

Charlie Fineman Ahh ] — Songs For Beginners. Just... just the album cover alone, look at that face, he knows he made a great record.

Charlie Fineman I have no one. At least you two have each other.

Charlie Fineman Are you kidding me? She's a baby.

Alan Johnson Listen, you're right, she's young. But, she-she's good. She's got a lot of experience with loss and grief counseling. Just...

Charlie Fineman She's got nice tits, that's not good.

Alan Johnson Since when?

Charlie Fineman Good point.

Alan Johnson Look, we'll just do the meet-and-greet, and see if you like her, and if you do, we'll just - we'll go from there.

Charlie Fineman Am I wrong about her tits, though?

Alan Johnson No, you're right. They're wonderful.

Angela Oakhurst So what are you guys talking about? What's so wonderful?

Charlie Fineman Nobody has a right to look that good. She's just trouble for everybody.

Charlie Fineman I had three daughters.

Alan Johnson I... I know.

Charlie Fineman Geena was five. Jenny was seven, she, uh... she liked boys already. Julie was 9. She was... she was older. They all looked alike, Johnson. Like Doreen. Doreen was my wife. DT. That was her nickname. Doreen Timpleman. She had a dog, Spider. Spider... the poodle. They'd wake me up all the time, Saturday mornings, you know, singing Beatles songs to me in harmony, the four of them... so cute, so cute. Doreen never judged me... never nagged like some wives do. Wanted me to take my shoes off so I didn't wreck the carpet. That's it. Doreen and the girls were VERY female. I... I... I was the oddball, you know. Mr. Man. They adored me, Johnson...

Alan Johnson I bet they did... I know they did, Charlie.

Charlie Fineman With the long brown hair... except little Geena. She kept the hair short... to be different from everybody... she, um, she had a birthmark, though. Looked like a burn... but it wasn't. She always said it was gonna go away, but it... it never did. Jenny, Jenny, this one... she wanted to be a gymnast. She was such a klutz, though. I didn't have the heart to mention it as a problem. They, uh, went to see Doreen's sister Ellen and her girls in Boston, and they took Spider, because... I had to work and they didn't trust me to feed her, but that was a joke. We were all going to DT's little cousin's wedding in Los Angeles, and I was gonna meet them out there... The kids wanted to go to Disneyland, but they... they uh, were already gonna miss a couple days of school, so we had to say no. You know. So I'm going out to meet them in Los Angeles, and on the way to JFK, I'm in a taxicab and I hear on the radio...

Charlie Fineman I get there and the man tells me the plane's from Boston... another man tells me there's two planes.

Charlie Fineman Then I go inside the airport and I'm watching. I'm watching on the television... and I... and I... I... I saw it. I saw it and I felt it at the same time. I thought about Geena's birthmark, and I... I felt them burning...

Taglines In a city of millions, finding one can change your whole life.

Judge Raines Mr. and Mrs. Templeman... This is very serious stuff we're talking about here. I mean, it's very easy to see that this man is going through something very profound. It's obvious! He may need some hospitalization. He may. On the other hand... He might just need to find his own way.

Charlie Fineman Can he go out? Is he allowed out?

Alan Johnson Don't do that, dont ask my wife permisson for me to go out.

Charlie Fineman Alright, you're right. Can you go out?

Charlie Fineman Are you a faggot?.

Alan Johnson Don't say faggot, you just don't call people faggot that's rude.

Charlie Fineman To a gay guy it is, to you it's just a funny word like poundcake or pickle... You really need some Mel.

Charlie Fineman Take one adult and one faggot.

Charlie Fineman Oh, bullshit! You stink like a shrink. You got shrink hands. You ordered your salad like a shrink.

Alan Johnson Better bring out the big guns on this one. She's crazy with a side of crazy!

Charlie Fineman I don't need to talk about her or look at pictures... cause the truth is, a lot of times, I see her... on the street. I walk down the street, I see her in someone else's face... clearer than any of the pictures you carry with you. I get that you're in pain, but you got each other. You got each other! And I'm the one who's gotta see her and the girls all the time. Everywhere I go! I even see the dog. That's how fucked up I still am! I look at a German shepherd, I see our goddamn poodle. All right... All right...