Spellbound (1945) - Quotes

The Maddest Love Ever Possessed a Woman

Taglines: The Maddest Love that ever possessed a woman

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Kiss or Kill: A Dilemma Explored

Taglines: Will he Kiss me or Kill me?

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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.

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Skepticism Towards Psychoanalysis and Personal Struggles

John Ballantine: [[Sigmund Freud|Freud] That ] stuff's a bunch of hooey.

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.

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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: [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean] 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.

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!

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Exploring Emotions Beyond the Textbook

Constance Petersen: Are you making love to me?

Dr. Fleurot: [tries to kiss her, but she recoils] I will in a moment. I'm just clearing the ground first. It's rather like embracing a textbook.

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.

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Embracing Change and New Perspectives

Dr. Murchison: The old must make way for the new, especially when the old is suspected of senility.

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Critique of Intelligence and Gender Dynamics

Dr. Murchison: [with his revolver pointed at Constance] You're an excellent analyst, Dr. Peterson, but a rather stupid woman.

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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!

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The Joy of Hard Work

Dr. Alex Brulov: There's lots of happiness in working hard. Maybe the most.

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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.

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A Husband's Loyalty to Constance

Dr. Alex Brulov: Any husband of Constance is a husband of mine, so to speak.

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!

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.

Analyzing Dreams Over Breakfast

Dr. Alex Brulov: Good night and happy dreams... which we will analyze at breakfast.

Professional Boundaries in Doctor-Patient Relationship

Constance Petersen: [John kisses her and they embrace each other tightly] I'm here as your doctor only. It has nothing to do with love. Nothing at all. Nothing at all...