Quotes

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Dan: I saw this face, this vision... the moment you stepped into the road. It was the moment of my life. Alice: This is the moment of your life. Dan: You were perfect. Alice: I still am.

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Alice: Do you still fancy me? Dan: Of course. Alice: You're lying. I've been you.

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Larry: Tell me. Anna: No. Larry: I treat you like a whore? Anna: Sometimes. Larry: Why would that be?

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Anna: I haven't even seen you for a year. Dan: Yes you have. Anna: Only because you stalk me outside my studio. Dan: I never stalk, I lurk. And when I'm not there, you look for me. Anna: How do you know if you are not there? Dan: Because I am there, lurking...from a distance.

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Dan: Didn't fancy my sandwiches? Alice: Don't eat fish. Dan: Why not? Alice: Fish piss in the sea. Dan: So do children. Alice: I don't eat children either.

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Dan: What were you doing in New York? Alice: You know... Dan: Well, no, I don't. What, were you studying? Alice: Stripping. Look at your little eyes... Dan: I can't see my little eyes.

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Dan: At six, we stand round the computer and read the next day's page, make final changes, put in a few euphemisms to amuse ourselves... Alice: Such as? Dan: He was a convivial fellow-meaning he was an alcoholic. He valued his privacy-gay. He enjoyed his privacy-raging queen. Alice: What would my euphemism be? Dan: She was... disarming. Alice: That's not a euphemism. Dan: Yes it is.

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Dan: I fell in love with her, Alice. Alice: Oh, as if you had no choice? There's a moment, there's always a moment. "I can do this, I can give in to this, or I can resist it." And I don't know when your moment was, but I bet you there was one.

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Dan: I want Anna back. Larry: She's made her choice. Dan: I owe you an apology. I fell in love with her. My intention was not to make you suffer. Larry: So where's the apology, ya cunt? Dan: I apologize. If you love her, you'll let her go so she can be happy. Larry: She doesn't want to be happy. Dan: Everybody wants to be happy. Larry: Depressives don't. They want to be unhappy to confirm they're depressed. If they were happy, they couldn't be depressed anymore. They'd have to go out into the world and live, which can be depressing.

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Alice: I'm not a whore. Larry: I wouldn't pay.

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Larry: So, Anna tells me your bloke wrote a book. Any good? Alice: Of course. Larry: It's about you, isn't it? Alice: Some of me. Larry: Oh? What did he leave out? Alice: The truth.

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Anna: Why is the sex so important? Larry: Because I'm a fucking caveman!

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Dan: You've ruined my life. Anna: You'll get over it.

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Alice: I hate you. Dan: I'm sorry. Alice: Irrelevant!

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Larry: I want you to tell me your name. [throws down a note] Alice: Thank you. My name is Jane. Larry: Your real name. [throws down another note] Alice: Thank you. My real name is Jane. Larry: Careful. [throws down another note] Alice: Thank you. Still Jane. Larry: I've got about another five-hundred quid here. Why don't I just give you all this money? [throws down more money and holds some up to her face] And you tell me what your real name is, Alice. Alice: I promise. [Larry throws down the rest of the money] Thank you, my real name is plain Jane Jones. Larry: I may be rich, but I'm not stupid. Alice: What a shame, Doc. I love them rich and stupid. Larry: Don't you fuck around with me!

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Alice: Fuck me. Dan: Again? We have to get up at 6. Alice: How can one man be so endlessly disappointing? Dan: That's my charm.

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Larry: Anna? I got the coat. The white coat. Anna: So I see. Larry: I'm Larry, the doctor. Anna: Hello, Dr. Larry. Larry: Feel free to call me "The Sultan".

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Alice: Why do you love her? Is it because she is successful? Dan: No, it's because she doesn't need me.

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Dan: When I get back, please tell me the truth. Alice: Why? Dan: Because I'm addicted to it. Because without it, we're animals. Trust me.

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Dan: I don't wanna hurt you. Alice: So why are you?