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Spellbound Quotes

"This is love! Complete...reckless...violent!"

1945 · 1h 51m
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74
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19 quotes
The Necessity of Analyst Self-Analysis
Constance Petersen All analysts have to be psychoanalyzed by other analysts before they start practicing.
John Ballantine Ahhh, that's to make sure that they're not too crazy.
The Maddest Love Ever Possessed a Woman
Taglines The Maddest Love that ever possessed a woman
A Husband's Loyalty to Constance
Dr. Alex Brulov Any husband of Constance is a husband of mine, so to speak.
Exploring Emotions Beyond the Textbook
Constance Petersen Are you making love to me?
Dr. Fleurot I will in a moment. I'm just clearing the ground first. It's rather like embracing a textbook.
[tries to kiss her, but she recoils]
Constance Petersen But why do you do it, then?
Dr. Fleurot Because you're not a textbook. You're a sweet, pulsing, adorable woman underneath. I sense it every time I come near you.
Constance Petersen You sense only your own desires and pulsations. I assure you, mine in no way resemble them.
The Impact of Poets on Perception of Love
Constance Petersen I think the greatest harm done the human race has been done by the poets
Anthony Edwardes Oh, poets are dull boys, most of them, but not especially fiendish.
Constance Petersen They keep filling people's heads with delusions about love... writing about it as if it were a symphony orchestra or a flight of angels.
Anthony Edwardes Which is isn't, eh?
Constance Petersen Of course not. People fall in love, as they put it, because they respond to a certain hair coloring or vocal tones or mannerisms that remind them of their parents.
Anthony Edwardes Or... or... sometimes for no reason at all.
Constance Petersen That's not the point. The point is that people read about love as one thing and experience it as another. Well, they expect kisses to be like lyrical poems and embraces to be like ] dramas.
[[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean]
Anthony Edwardes And when they find out differently, then they get sick and have to be analyzed, eh?
Constance Petersen Yes, very often.
Anthony Edwardes Professor, you're suffering from "mogo on the gogo
Constance Petersen I beg your pardon!
Embracing Change and New Perspectives
Dr. Murchison The old must make way for the new, especially when the old is suspected of senility.
Disdain for Smugness in Relationships
John Ballantyne If there's anything I hate, it's a smug woman.
A First Kiss Remembered
John Ballantyne For what it's worth, I can't remember ever having kissed another woman before.
The Complexity of Love and Psychoanalysis
Dr. Alex Brulov Women make the best psychoanalysts until they fall in love. After that they make the best patients.
Knowledge and Gender Dynamics in Conversation
Dr. Alex Brulov You grant me I know more than you, but on the other hand, you know more than me. Women's talk. Bah!
Analyzing Dreams Over Breakfast
Dr. Alex Brulov Good night and happy dreams... which we will analyze at breakfast.
Critique of Intelligence and Gender Dynamics
Dr. Murchison You're an excellent analyst, Dr. Peterson, but a rather stupid woman.
[with his revolver pointed at Constance]
Confronting the Truth of Reality
Dr. Alex Brulov My dear girl, you can not keep bumping your head against reality and saying it is not there.
Frustration with Analytical Approaches in Therapy
John Ballantyne Doctor, as an analyst you annoy me.
The Mind of Love and Intellect
Dr. Alex Brulov What is there for you to see? We both know that the mind of a woman in love is operating on the lowest level of the intellect!
Professional Boundaries in Doctor-Patient Relationship
Constance Petersen I'm here as your doctor only. It has nothing to do with love. Nothing at all. Nothing at all...
[John kisses her and they embrace each other tightly]
Kiss or Kill: A Dilemma Explored
Taglines Will he Kiss me or Kill me?
Skepticism Towards Psychoanalysis and Personal Struggles
John Ballantine That ] stuff's a bunch of hooey.
[[Sigmund Freud|Freud]
Dr. Alex Brulov Oh, you are a fine one to talk! You have a guilt complex and amnesia and you don't know if you are coming or going from somewhere, but Freud is hooey! This you know! Hmph! Wiseguy.
The Joy of Hard Work
Dr. Alex Brulov There's lots of happiness in working hard. Maybe the most.