Misery

Annie Wilkes: I know I'm only 40 pages into your book, but... Paul Sheldon: But what? Annie: [shaking her head] Nothing. Paul: No, what is it? Annie: Well, it's ridiculous! Who am I to make a criticism to someone like you? Paul: It's all right. I can take it. Annie: Well, it's brilliantly written, but then, everything you write is brilliant. Paul: Any rough stuff? Annie: The swearing, Paul. There, I said it. Paul: The, uh, profanity bothers you? Annie: It has no nobility. Paul: These are slum kids, I was a slum kid. Everybody talks like that. Annie: They do not! What do you think I say when I go to the feedstore in town? "Oh, now Wally, give me a bag of that F-in' pig feed, and ten pounds of that bitchly cow corn"? And at the bank, do I tell Mrs. Bollinger, "Oh, here's one big bastard of a check, give me some of your Christ-ing money?" [spills soup on Paul's bed] There! Look there! See what you made me do? I'm sorry.

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Annie Wilkes: You— You dirty bird, how could you? Paul Sheldon: What? Annie: She can't be dead! Misery Chastain cannot be dead! Paul: Annie, in 1871 women often died during childbirth. But her spirit is the important thing, and Misery's spirit is still alive. Annie: [shaking Paul's bed violently] I DON'T WANT HER SPIRIT!!! I WANT HER!!! AND YOU MURDERED HER!!! Paul: No I didn't. Annie: Who did? Paul: No one, she— she died. She just slipped away. Annie: Slipped away? Slipped away? She didn't just slip away! You did it! [grabbing a bedstand and raising it over Paul] YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT! YOU MURDERED MY MISERY!!! Paul: Annie! Annie! Annie: [smashing the bedstand against the wall] I thought you were good, Paul, but you're not good, you're just a lying ol' dirty birdy. And I don't think I better be around you for a while. And don't even think about anybody coming for you. Not the doctors. Not your agent. Not your family, because I never called them. Nobody knows y

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Annie Wilkes: Here's your pills. Paul Sheldon: Annie? Annie, what is it? Annie: The rain. Sometimes it gives me the blues. When you first came here, I only loved the writer part of Paul Sheldon. Now I know I love the rest of him, too. I know you don't love me. Don't say you do. You're beautiful, brilliant, a famous man of the world and I'm not a movie star type. You'll never know the fear of losing someone like you if you're someone like me. Paul: Why would you lose me? Annie: Book's almost finished. Your legs are getting better. Soon you'll be wanting to leave. Paul: Why would I leave? I like it here. Annie: That's very kind of you, but I'll bet it's not all together true. [pulls out a gun] I have this gun. [pulls the trigger] Sometimes I think about using it. [looks at Paul] I'd better go now. I might put bullets in it.

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Annie Wilkes: Paul. [Paul awakens to see Annie] I know you've been out. Paul Sheldon: [sees that Annie has tied him up to the bed] What? Annie Wilkes: You've been out of your room. Paul Sheldon: No I haven't. Annie Wilkes: Paul, my little ceramic penguin in the study always faces due South. Paul Sheldon: I don't know what you're talking about. Ceramic penguin? [searches under the bed for the kitchen knife he snuck in earlier] Annie Wilkes: [pulls out the knife, revealing she secretly took it out from under his bed after drugging him] Is this what you're looking for? I know you've been out twice, Paul. First, I couldn't figure out how you did it. But last night, I found your key. I know I left my scrapbook out. I can imagine what you might be thinking of me. But you see, Paul, it's all okay. Last night it came so clear. I realized you just need more time. Eventually you'll come to accept the idea of being here. Paul, do you know about the early days at the Kimberly diamond mines? Do you

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[puts the shotgun aside and walks down the steps] Don't feel bad, Paul. It was bound to happen sooner or later. It's a sign. You see, I've known for some time why i was chosen to save you. You and i were meant to be together forever. But now our time in this world must end. But don't worry, Paul. I've prepared for what must be done. I put two bullets in my gun: one for you, and one for me. Oh, darling, it'll be so beautiful. [She goes back upstairs. Paul looks around the basement for something. Annie returns with a syringe and a Colt Cobra] Now, don't be afraid. I love you. [Annie walks down the steps] But the time is now. Soon others will come.

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Paul Sheldon: [holding a rolled-up page of his manuscript] Remember how for all those years, nobody knew who Misery's real father was, or if they'd ever be reunited? It's all right here. Does she finally marry Ian, or will it be Winthorne? It's all right here. [lights a match and with it, lights the page] Annie Wilkes: Paul, you can't! [drops her glass] Paul Sheldon: [Still holding the burning page] Why not? I learned it from you. [Puts the burning page down onto his manuscript, already on the floor, burning it] Annie Wilkes: No! Not my Misery! No, no, no! Not my Misery! [Paul the grabs the typewriter and hits her violently in the head, causing that Annie's sleeve catches fire. Annie puts out the fire, moves the typewriter aside and gets up to grab Paul by his throat] I'M GONNA KILL YOU, YOU LYING COCKSUCKER!!!

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