St. Elmo's Fire (1985) - Quotes

Invitation for Drinks at St. Elmo's

Julianna "Jules" Van Patten: Who wants to suck back a few Bloody Marys at St. Elmo's, on me?

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Financial Worries and Creative Solutions

Julianna "Jules" Van Patten: [about her stepmother] It turns out cremation costs just as much as the non-torching method. If I don't come up with a cheaper solution, I'm gonna end up a bag lady. Of course, I'll have alligator bags.

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Unexpected Dinner Invitation from Boss

Julianna "Jules" Van Patten: [to Leslie] Leslie, did I tell you? I'm sorry. I went to see my boss. I thought I was getting fired. Instead, the man took me to dinner.

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Inviting Relaxation and Connection

Julianna "Jules" Van Patten: Come sit down and chillax.

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Jules' Ambitious and Unconventional Life Plan

Julianna "Jules" Van Patten: I don't know why you're both so worried... So, I bop him for a couple of years, get his job when he gets his hands caught in the vault, do a black mink ad, retire in utter disgrace, then write a best seller and be a fabulous host on my own talk show...

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The Burden of Early Adulthood

Julianna "Jules" Van Patten: I'm just so tired, Billy. Never thought I'd be so tired at 22.

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Heartbreak and Its Ripple Effects

Julianna "Jules" Van Patten: You break my heart. Then again, you break everyone's heart.

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Longing for the Past and Friendship

Leslie Hunter: I just wish everything could be like it used to be, all of us friends.

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Commitment and Self-Discovery in Relationships

Leslie Hunter: I'm not afraid to commit. I have to have something for myself first before I can share it with you.

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Embracing the Arrival of Tomorrow

Leslie Hunter: It is tomorrow.

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The Bonds of Friendship and Memory

Leslie Hunter: [voiceover] I can't remember who met who first or who fell in love with who first. All I can remember is the seven of us always together.

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The Joy of Simple Comforts

Wendy Beamish: You wanna know what's great? Last night, I woke up in the middle of the night to make myself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and you know, it was my kitchen, it was my refrigerator, it was my apartment...and it was the BEST peanut butter and jelly sandwich that I have had in my entire life.

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Weight Loss Frustrations and Extreme Solutions

Wendy Beamish: No diet works. The only way to lose weight in the thighs is amputation.

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Critique of 1980s Feminism and Realities

Billy Hicks: Join the club. You know, no one was buying this together-woman-of-the-eighties stuff anyway.

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A husband's plea for respect

Billy Hicks: Hey! Hey, take your hands off my wife.

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Illusions and Reality in Challenging Times

Billy Hicks: Jules, you know, honey... this isn't real. You know what it is? It's St. Elmo's Fire. Electric flashes of light that appear in dark skies out of nowhere. Sailors would guide entire journeys by it, but the joke was on them... there was no fire. There wasn't even a St. Elmo. They made it up. They made it up because they thought they needed it to keep them going when times got tough, just like you're making up all of this. We're all going through this. It's our time at the edge.

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Self-Created Drama and Personal Struggles

Billy Hicks: [to Jules; puts a blanket on her] So, you lost your job? I've lost twenty of them since graduation, plus a wife and kid, and, in a new development this morning, a handful of hair in the shower drain. That's better. You know, this smells to me like a little bit of self-created drama. I should know; I've been starring in a few of my own.

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Caution Against Handing Over Dangerous Tools

Kevin Dolenz: Do not hand that man a blowtorch.

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The Illusions of Love and Marriage

Kevin Dolenz: Love, love, you know what love is? Love is an illusion created by lawyer types like yourself to perpetuate another illusion called marriage to create the reality of divorce and then the illusionary need for divorce lawyers.

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Transient Moments and Their Fleeting Nature

Kevin Dolenz: We won't even remember this tomorrow.

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Unrequited Love and Hidden Feelings

Kevin Dolenz: [to Naomi] Well, for your information, I happen to be in love with someone, only they don't know it, okay?

Lost Love and a Change in Direction

Kevin Dolenz: [to Leslie] Yeah, once. Junior high, I played bongos in this band and I fell in love with the lead singer. She sang "We've Only Just Begun" as sweet as Karen Carpenter. So, one night, I got high on this cheap malt liquor, and I pledged my love to her. And the next day she ran off with a bass player named Ringo. So, I turned in my bongos for a battered Underwood typewriter.

Confronting the Edge of Insanity

Kevin Dolenz: [to Jules] You know Jules, there is the brink of insanity and then there is the abyss, which obviously you have fallen into.

Trust and Anger in Relationships

Kevin Dolenz: Never trust a woman who says she isn't angry.

Fear and Perception in International Relations

Kevin Dolenz: I enjoy being afraid of Russia. It's a harmless fear, but it makes America feel better, Russia gets an inflated sense of national worth from our paranoia. How's that?

The Disillusionment of Love

Kevin Dolenz: [repeated line] Love sucks.

The Surplus of Law Students Over Lawyers

Kevin Dolenz: You know, there are more people in law school right now than there are lawyers on the entire planet? Think about that.

A Request for a Blowtorch

Kirby Keager: Blowtorch, anyone?

Quintessential Moments in a Man's Life

Kirby Keager: There are several quintessential moments in a man's life: losing his virginity, getting married, becoming a father, and having the right girl smile at you.

The Mystery of Missing Socks and Faith

Kirby Keager: [about Dale] She is the only evidence of God I have seen with the exception of the mysterious force that removes one sock from the dryer every time I do my laundry.