“The Skeleton Key” quotes

“You think too much about the time you have left. You don't spend it living.”

Gena Rowlands - Violet Devereaux

“- Violet Devereaux: Are you religious at all?
- Caroline Ellis: I try to keep an open mind.”
Gena Rowlands - Violet Devereaux
Kate Hudson - Caroline Ellis

“- Papa Justify: From these chains, Lord, break me. From this prison, Lord, take me.
- Jill: What the hell is that?
- Caroline Ellis: Oh, um, it's just some local music...”

Ronald McCall - Papa Justify
Joy Bryant - Jill
Kate Hudson - Caroline Ellis

“The weakness is the flesh.”
Peter Sarsgaard - Luke Marshall

- Violet Devereaux: I bet they don't have gardens like this is New Jersey.
- Caroline Ellis: Actually, it's "The Garden State".
Gena Rowlands - Violet Devereaux
Kate Hudson - Caroline Ellis

“The thing folks just don't understand about sacrifice... sometimes it's more of a trade.”
Kate Hudson - Caroline Ellis

“It's like, hypnotism, right? Suggestion? And when this stuff works, its because someone believes it works? And if you thought, you know, that magic made you sick... you might believe in a magic cure?”
Kate Hudson - Caroline Ellis

“- Luke Marshall: You know my mother used to say that if a lady invites you into her room, she probably isn't much of a lady.
- Caroline Ellis: Yeah, well, homegrown southern wisdom seems to grow on trees around here.”
Peter Sarsgaard - Luke Marshall
Kate Hudson - Caroline Ellis