[QUOTES]

"It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything.
We are the middle children of history, with no purpose or place. We have no great war, or great depression. The great war is a spiritual war. The great depression is our lives. We were raised by television to believe that we'd be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars - but we won't. And we're learning that fact. And we're very, VERY pissed off. What we have to consider, is the possibility that God doesn't like us. Could be, God hates us. This is not the worst thing that can happen. We don't need him. We are God's unwanted children? So be it."

"We are the all-singing all-dancing crap of the world."

-- Tyler Durden, "Fight Club"

"Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live."

-- Dorothy Parker

"It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was, like, dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in."

-- Ricky Fitts, "American Beauty"

"I hate the way you talk to me
And the way you cut your hair
I hate the way you drive my car
I hate it when you stare

I hate your big dumb combat boots
And the way you read my mind
I hate you so much it makes me sick -
It even makes me rhyme

I hate the way you're always right
I hate it when you lie
I hate it when you make me laugh - even worse when you make me cry
I hate it that you're not around
And the fact that you didn't call
But mostly I hate the way
I don't hate you -
Not even close, not even a little bit, not any at all."

-- "10 Things I Hate About You"

"There are few who deny,
at what I do I am the best
for my talents are renowned far and wide.
When it comes to surprises in the moonlight night,
I excel without ever even trying.
With the slighest little effort of my ghost like charms,
I have seen grown men give out a shriek,
with a wave of my hand, and a well placed moan,
I have swept the very bravest off their feet.
Yet year after year, it's the same routine,
and I grow so weary of the sound of screams."

-- Jack Skellington, "The Nightmare Before Christmas"

"Never underestimate the power of denial."

-- Ricky Fitts, "American Beauty"

"We graduated high school. How totally amazing."

-- Enid Coleslaw, "Ghost World"
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"My life is a dark room. One big dark room."

-- Lydia Deitz, "Beetlejuice"

Favourite Movie Scene Quotes

American Beauty
[at the dinner table]

Carolyn Burnham: Your father and I were just discussing his day at work. Why don't you tell our daughter about it, honey?
Lester Burnham: Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go fuck himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
Carolyn Burnham: Your father seems to think this type of behavior is something to be proud of.
Lester Burnham: And your mother seems to prefer I go through life like a fucking prisoner while she keeps my dick in a mason jar under the sink.
Carolyn Burnham: How dare you speak to me that way in front of her. And I marvel that you can be so contemptuous of me, on the same day that you LOSE your job.
Lester Burnham: Lose it? I didn't lose it. It's not like, "Whoops! Where'd my job go?" I QUIT. Someone pass me the asparagus.
Lester Burnham: I am sick and tired of being treated like I don't exist. You two do whatever you want to do whenever you want to do it, and I don't complain. All I want--
Carolyn Burnham: Oh, you don't complain! Oh, please! Excuse me! Excuse me! I must be psychotic then! If you don't complain, what is this? Yeah, let's bring in the laugh meter and see how loud it gets on that one. You don't complain--
[Lester throws the plate of asparagus at the wall.]
Lester Burnham: Don't interrupt me, honey.

Fight Club
[First fight scene between Tyler Durden + The Narrator]

Tyler Durden: I want you to do me a favor.
Narrator: Yeah, sure.
Tyler Durden: I want you to hit me as hard as you can.
Narrator: What?
Tyler Durden: I want you to hit me... as hard as you can.
Narrator: Well, what do you want me to do? You just want me to hit you?
Tyler Durden: C'mon, do me this one favor.
Narrator: Why?
Tyler Durden: Why? I don't know why; I don't know. Never been in a fight. You?
Narrator: No, but that's a good thing.
Tyler Durden: No, it is not. How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight? I don't wanna die without any scars. So come on; hit me before I lose my nerve.
Narrator: This is crazy.
Tyler Durden: So go crazy. Let 'er rip.
Narrator: I don't know about this.
Tyler Durden: I don't either. Who gives a shit? No one's watching. What do you care?
Narrator: Whoa, wait, this is crazy. You want me to hit you?
Tyler Durden: That's right.
Narrator: What, like in the face?
Tyler Durden: Surprise me.
Narrator: This is so fucking stupid...
[Narrator swings, connects against Tyler's head]
Tyler Durden: Motherfucker! You hit me in the ear!
Narrator: Well, Jesus, I'm sorry.
Tyler Durden: Ow, Christ... why the ear, man?
Narrator: Guess I fucked it up...
Tyler Durden: No, that was perfect!