Quotes

Chapter 1 [1.01]

Amy Haller: So, do they let you throw a little party here, or...? David Haller: Yeah, they clear out the furniture. We get a DJ. Amy Haller: Really? David Haller: No. We do get better drugs, though. Amy Haller: Really? David Haller: No. It's just Thursday. My 260th Thursday as a passenger on the cruise ship Mental Health. On the plus side, I have mastered the art of eating with a spoon, so...

Chapter 1 [1.01]

Dr. Kissinger: You have something to add? Syd Barrett: No. Please keep talking so we can all pretend that our problems are just in our heads. David Haller: What does that mean? Syd Barrett: It means that you're in here because somebody said you're not normal. Like normal is this suit we're all supposed to... But you know who else wasn't normal? Picasso, Einstein. Lenny Busker: Ooh, I like her. I like you. You got what the kids these days call moxie.

Chapter 1 [1.01]

Why are the hot ones always so crazy?

Chapter 1 [1.01]

You know, when a plate breaks, you don't fix it. You just get another plate. So I tied a knot.

Chapter 1 [1.01]

Clark Debussy: Okay, so I'm clear, you're saying after you entered the body of a woman and escaped from a mental hospital where all the patients had magically been sealed inside of their rooms, you think you saw me getting out of a car? David Haller: Well, you don't have to be a dick about it, and, yes, it was you.

Chapter 7 [1.07]

Rational David: I'm you. Your rational mind -- you're having a breakdown, a stress response. Your power is kicking in to save you, it created me. You did. David: And you're... British? Rational David: Like I said, I'm your rational mind.

Chapter 7 [1.07]

David: And Dad goes home... [imitating Professor X] "Sweetheart, it's over, I won. Give me some sugar!" Rational David: Is... Is that a-- a British accent?

Chapter 12 [2.04]

Syd: This is not a fairy tale. David: It is for me. Syd do you know what love is? Is a hot bath, and what happens to things left to bath for too long? they soften, fall apart. David: I read the collection of stories, that of your book, at the beginning I was confused, because it brings with you the stories of sex clubs and drug addicts? and then I read this, the toxins, the masochists, the whores and those who have wasted everything, they are the brightest crown of angels in heaven. Syd: It's a war, love, this life, the things we face ... you said you saw the future ... and it's an apocalypse, who's going to survive? lovers or warriors? Tell us this story, that love will succeed in saving us, and instead makes us only stupid and fragile. David: Thank you. Syd: Look at me, love will not come to save us, it is what must be saved, pain makes us strong enough to do it, our scars, our anger, despair are armor. Love, God loves above all sinners because our fire shines and burns more than any

Chapter 14 [2.06]

Amy: So, why cant you have what everyone else has? A nice home? A family? David: Because, I'm sick.

Chapter 27 [3.08]

Past Farouk: You know why you have failed? Because under all your anger, there is a baby. Scared. Small. Given away by his mother and father. A baby who is unloved, and knows that he is unloved. David: I'm a good person. I deserve love. Past Farouk: No, you don't.

Chapter 27 [3.08]

Farouk: I've lived in your son's mind for thirty-two years. I saw what he saw. I felt what he felt. I thought what he thought. And over time, what was once a prison became a person. Xavier: It's hard to hate someone you understand. Farouk: I love the boy, Charles. I consider him my... Xavier: Son? Farouk: Would that I could be as strong a father as you are. But alas, it's not in my nature.

Chapter 27 [3.08]

Xavier: I see you, I do. You're trapped in a war you didn't start. This is my fault -- I did this. You never had a chance because of me. David: Wha-- What are you saying? Xavier: I'm saying that war is not the answer, it's the problem. David, we don't need this barbarism. I've made a deal with Farouk. David: Wha...? Are you saying we just leave? Xavier: I'm saying that we respect their right to exist and they respect ours. Yours! Isn't that what you want? To be free? David: Farouk'll never go for that! Xavier: He will. David: And what are we supposed to do, take him at his word? Xavier: We're telepaths; we never have to take anyone at their word. David: I-- No, I've come this far, and I can't just... leave it up to--! Xavier: David. David. I wasn't there for you. Well, you needed me and your mother, and I gave you away. I can't imagine doing it, but... I adore you, David. And that will never change. I could only have done it to protect you. David: I was a baby...! Xavier: I'll never kn

Chapter 27 [3.08]

David: Are you not surprised to see me? Syd: She told me. Switch. I get to do it all over again. This life. David: Yeah. And I bet you're gonna turn out extraordinary. Without me around. Syd: Yeah. I am. David: Sorry. Syd: I like your mom. David: Yeah. I'm looking forward to getting to know her. Syd: So now what? We just sort of... David: Fade away. Into the ether. I have to say, I didn't think you'd help me. Syd: I didn't. [Looks at baby David] I helped him. David. David: Yeah? Syd: Be a good boy.