- a novel must show how the world truly is, how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. a novel should somehow reveal the true source of our actions. — jane, becoming jane
- because i’m a lady. that’s why. // ladies do not start fights, but they can finish them! — marie, the aristocats
- hey. dragon. dragon! i don’t do that tongue thing. // down besty. // that’s it. dishonor. dishonor on your whole family. dishonor on you. dishonor on your cow. // don’t ch’you slap me no’more. we clear on that? // your worst nightmare. — mushu, mulan
- i give up, i see no point in living if i can’t be beautiful. — howl, howl’s moving castle
- i’m gonna go touch the butt! — finding nemo
- in the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned into a future you never imagined — a walk to remember
- it was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together … and i knew it. i knew it the very first time i touched her. it was like coming home. .. only to no home i’d ever known … i was just taking her hand to help her out of a car and i knew. it was like … magic. — sam, sleepless in seattle
- no matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world. // they're not that different from you, are they? same haircuts. full of hormones, just like you. invincible, just like you feel. the world is their oyster. they believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. but if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. go on, lean in. listen, you hear it? — carpe — hear it? — carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary. // “you must strive to find your own voice. because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. thoreau said, "most men lead lives of quiet desperation." don't be resigned to that. break out! // we don't read and write poetry because it's cute. we read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. and the human race is filled with passion. and medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. but poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. — john keating, dead poets society
- nothing! because if i take it to small claims court, it will just drain 8 hours out of my life and you probably won’t show up and even if i got the judgment you’d just stiff me anyway; so what i am going to do is piss and moan like an impotent jerk, and then bend over and take it up the tailpipe! // i’m an inconsiderate prick! // wow! that was a nice image…[makes typing noise] *deleted*! — fletcher, liar liar
- one life ends, another begins. // the sky people have sent us a message… that they can take whatever they want. that no one can stop them. well, we will send them a message. you ride out as fast as the wind can carry you. you tell the other clans to come. tell them toruk macto calls to them! you fly now, with me! my brothers! sisters! and we will show the sky people… that they cannot take whatever they want! and that this… this is our land! — jake, avatar
- our races, united by a history long forgotten and a future we shall face together. i am optimus prime, and i send this message so that our past will always be remembered. for in those memories, we live on. // with the all spark gone, we cannot return life to our planet. and fate has yielded its reward: a new world to call home. we live among its people now, hiding in plain sight, but watching over them in secret, waiting, protecting. i have witnessed their capacity for courage, and though we are worlds apart, like us, there’s more to them than meets the eye. i am optimus prime, and i send this message to any surviving autobots taking refuge among the stars. we are here. we are waiting. — prime, transformers
- people shouldn’t be afraid of their governments. governments should be afraid of their people. — v for vendetta
- sometimes affection is a shy flower that takes time to blossom. — mr. wisley, becoming jane
- stop, hey, what's that sound? all the mammoths are in the ground! — ice age 2: the meltdown
- tell me elizabeth, how exactly does one suck a fuck? — donnie darko
- thanks for everything, herc. it’s been a real slice. — meg, hercules
- there are many different kinds of bravery. there’s the bravery of thinking of others before one’s self. now, your father has never brandished a sword nor fired a pistol, thank heavens. but he has made many sacrifices for his family, and put away many dreams. — mrs. darling, peter pan
- to live would be an awfully big adventure. // you… are a… codfish! // every time someone says that, a fairy somewhere falls down dead. // i want always to be a boy and have fun. — peter, peter pan
- you are like a baby. making noise, don’t know what to do. // you have a strong heart. no fear. but stupid! ignorant like a child! // no one can teach you to see. — neytiri, avatar
- you think you own whatever land you land on. the earth is just a dead thing you can claim. but i know every rock and tree and creature has a life, has a spirit, has a name. // you think the only people who are people are the people who look and think like you. but if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you’ll learn things you never knew you never knew. // we are all connected to each other in a circle, in a hoop that never ends. — pocahontas, pocahontas
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