Melanie Lynskey quotes
- From the movie: Heavenly Creatures
“- John: I love you so much Paul. Do you love me as much as I love you?
- Pauline Parker: Of course I do, Nicolas.
- John: My name is John.
- Pauline Parker: Oh, but I like Nicolas so much better!” - From the movie: Abandon
“- Wade Handler: Did you think it was odd that, he still liked her a lot, and she hadn't really show him any real interest in over two years?
- Mousy Julie: I thought it was the opposite of odd. Guys are drawn to her like bugs surround a bug lamp. For four years I've had the privilege of watching it.” - La trovi in Celebrities on other topics
“To take a job just so I can go on a fancy vacation doesn't really seem worth it.”
“New Zealanders can be a little hostile.”
- La trovi in Celebrities on other topics
- From the movie: Heavenly Creatures
“We realised why Deborah and I have such extraordinary telepathy and why people treat us and look at us the way they do. It is because we are mad. We are both stark raving mad!”
- From the movie: Heavenly Creatures
- From the movie: Heavenly Creatures
“I felt thoroughly depressed and even quite seriously considered committing suicide. Life seemed so much not worth the living and death such an easy way out.”
- From the movie: Ever After
“- Rodmilla: Marguerite, precious, what do I always say about tone?
- Jacqueline: A lady of breeding ought never to raise her voice any louder than the... gentle hum of a whisper in the wind.
- Rodmilla: Jacqueline, dear, do not speak unless you can improve the silence.” - From the movie: Heavenly Creatures
“- Pauline Parker: Oh, I wish James Mason would do a religious picture! He'd be perfect as Jesus!
- Juliet Hulme: Daddy says the Bible's a load of bunkum!
- Pauline Parker: But we're all going to heaven?
- Juliet Hulme: I'm not! I'm going to The Fourth World... it's sort of like heaven. Only better, because there aren't any Christians!” - From the movie: But I'm a Cheerleader
“- Hilary: This is where we sleep, but there's no inappropriate behavior allowed.
- Megan: Inappropriate? Like swearing?
- Graham: No, inappropriate like fucking.” - From the movie: Heavenly Creatures
“Anger against Mother boiled up inside me, as it is she who is one of the main obstacles in my path. Suddenly a means of ridding myself of this obstacle occurred to me. If she were to die...”
“Every time you talk, you say something unpleasant, so just be quiet.”
- From the movie: Heavenly Creatures
“Why could not mother die? Dozens of people are dying all the time, thousands, so why not mother? And father too.”
- From the movie: But I'm a Cheerleader
“It's really easy to be a prude when you're not attracted to him, isn't it?”
- From the movie: Heavenly Creatures
“There are living among two dutiful daughters - of a man who possesses two beautiful daughters - you cannot know nor yet try to guess, the sweet soothingness of their caress. The outstanding genius of this pair is understood by few, they are so rare.”
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