Quotes

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Lady Claire: How do you know you're God? Jack Gurney: Simple. When I pray to Him, I find I am talking to myself.

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Lady Claire: How did it happen? How did you come to be in this state? Jack Gurney: Like every prophet I saw visions, I heard voices, I ran. The voices of Saint Frances, Socrates, General Gordon, and Timothy Leary, they all told me I was God. It was Sunday, August the 5th, at 3:32.

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Sir Charles: It's out of the question! Jack Gurney: Who asked you a question? Did you ask him a question? Nobody asked a question, so I'll ask a question: Who's the head of the Gurney household? Sir Charles: You are, Jack. Jack Gurney: Then don't let me hear you answering unasked questions again!

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Dr. Herder: He can't forget being rejected by his mother and father at the age of 11. They sent him away, alone, into a primitive community of licensed bullies and pederasts. Sir Charles: You mean he went to public school. Dr. Herder: Exactly.

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Sir Charles: What about Jack? Dr. Herder: Remember he's suffering from delusions of grandeur. In reality he's an earl, an English aristocrat, a member of the ruling class. Naturally, he's come to believe there's only one person grander than that: the Lord God Almighty Himself. Sir Charles: Are you English? Dr. Herder: No. Sir Charles: [slowly] Ah.

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Dr. Herder: His lordship is a paranoid schizophrenic. Sir Charles: Paranoid schizophrenic? But he's a Gurney! Dr. Herder: Then he's a paranoid schizophrenic Gurney who believes he's God. Sir Charles: But we've always been Church of England!

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Dr. Herder: He can't forget being rejected by his mother and father at the age of 11. They sent him away, alone, into a primitive community of licensed bullies and pederasts. Sir Charles: You mean he went to public school. Dr. Herder: Exactly.

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Ralph Gurney: It's Miss Grace Shelly. Tucker: Is she anyone, my Lord? Ralph Gurney: No one. But, Charles recommends her. She's good breeding stock. Family foals well, sires mostly. There's always room at the top for brains, money or a good pair of titties. Tucker: Miss Shelley seems well endowed, my Lord.

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Jack Gurney: I can't marry a second time. Lady Claire: You're already married? Jack Gurney: August 28, in the year of me, 1964.

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Dr. Herder: Naturally, men aren't rats. Lady Claire: Only a man would say so.

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Lady Claire: How dare you bring that woman here! Sir Charles: You should be very grateful to Miss Shelley. Lady Claire: Grace Shelley is your mistress. Sir Charles: Miss Shelley is just a hard working girl. Lady Claire: On her back!

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Jack Gurney: Anything you care for? The Grand Canyon? A disused banana factory? Absolution? Grace Shelley: A white wedding. Jack Gurney: Will Tuesday suit you? Grace Shelley: You deserve a big kiss. Jack Gurney: Not here in the garden. Last time I was kissed in a garden, it turned out rather awkward. Grace Shelley: Oh, but Judas was a man. Jack Gurney: Yes. Strange business.

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Sir Charles: Are you sure you can handle the situation? Tricky and all, marrying a man who thinks he is god? Grace Shelley: Happens all the time.