Quotes

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Isabelle: Who are you? Hugo: Your grandfather stole my notebook. I've got to get it back before he burns it. Isabelle: Papa Georges isn't my grandfather. And he isn't a thief. You're the thief. You're nothing but a - a reprobate.

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Isabelle: We could get into trouble! Hugo: That's how you know it's an adventure.

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Isabelle: Come on. Hugo: Where are we going? Isabelle: Only to the most wonderful place on earth. It's Neverland and Oz and Treasure Island all wrapped into one.

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Hugo: My father took me to the movies all the time. He told me about the first one he ever saw. He went into a dark room, and on a white screen, he saw a rocket *fly* - into the eye of the man in the moon. - It went straight in. Isabelle: Really? Hugo: He said it was like seeing his dreams in the middle of the day. The movies were our special place.

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Hugo: [angry and disappointed that the automaton hasn't written anything of sense] What an idiot! Thinking I could fix it! Isabelle: Hugo... Hugo: It's broken! It's always been broken! [sits in chair, covers his face and begins to cry] Isabelle: Hugo, it doesn't have to be like this. You can fix it. Hugo: [crying] You don't... you don't understand. I thought... I thought if I could fix it... then I wouldn't be so alone. Isabelle: Hugo, Hugo look! It... it's not done! Hugo: [voice breaking] It's not writing! It... it's drawing! Hugo: That's the movie my father saw! [the automaton signs Georges Méliès' name] Isabelle: [amazed] Georges Méliès. That's Papa Georges name. Why would your father's machine sign Papa Georges' name? Hugo: I don't know. [picks up drawing and looks at robot] Thank you. [turns to Isabelle] It was a message from my father. And now I have to figure it out.

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Hugo: I've got to go! Station Inspector: You'll go nowhere until your parents are found. Hugo: I don't have any! Station Inspector: Then it's straight to the orphanage with you! You'll learn a thing or two there. I certainly did. How to follow orders, how to keep to yourself. How to survive without a family, because you don't need one! You don't need a family!

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Papa Georges/Georges Méliès: Back from the dead. Mama Jeanne/Jeanne d'Alcy: Stop it, Georges! Stop it! This is your work! Papa Georges/Georges Méliès: My work?! What am I? Nothing but a penniless merchant, a broken windup toy! [looking at Hugo] I trusted you. This is how you thank me. You're cruel. Cruel. Isabelle: I should get back. Hugo: Okay. Isabelle: Thank you... for the movie today. It... It was a gift.