Miranda Frost: He'll light the fuse on any explosive situation, and be a danger to himself and others.
Miranda Frost: I know all about you - sex for dinner, death for breakfast.
Samantha Grimm: 10% of the human genome is still unmapped. Some say it's the genetic blueprint for the soul.
Amy Dunne: I will practice believing my husband loves me, but I could be wrong.
Amy Dunne: What's the laptop for?
Nick Dunne: Laptopping!
Rosalie Quaid: Sometimes I envy the finality of death. The certainty. And I have to drive those thoughts away when I'm weak.
Rosalie Quaid: If I did not have faith, what would I have?
Marla Grayson: I want 10 million dollars.
Roman Lunyov: Of, of, of course you do. You are... you're brave, Miss Grayson. Stupid. But brave.
Marla Grayson: Well, to make it in this country, you need to be brave. And stupid. And ruthless, and focused. This playing fair, being scared? That's gets you no where. That gets you beat.
Marla Grayson: Every fortune ever accumulated started with a leap of faith. But before you take that leap, first take a long, hard look at yourself. Know who you are. Ask yourself: am I an insider? Or am I an outsider? Am I a lamb? or am I a lion? Am I a predator or am I a prey? Am I good at money? or Am I good at people? What am I willing to sacrifice to achieve my dreams? What lines will I not cross? Don't try to be anyone else. Just know who you are and use that to your advantage.
Marla Grayson: You can't convince a woman to do what you want - and then call her a bitch and threaten to kill her. I'm not scared of him.
Jennifer Peterson: What's the date?
Marla Grayson: The 15th.
Jennifer Peterson: Last week was the 8th.
Marla Grayson: Right on.
Jennifer Peterson: Oh... You're in trouble now.
Marla Grayson: Really? Why?
Jennifer Peterson: Yeah... He's coming.
Marla Grayson: Who? Dean?
Jennifer Peterson: No... He's coming.
Marla Grayson: Who?
Jennifer Peterson: Just you wait.
Rita O'Grady: Look I know you're not mentioning it because you're being polite and everything, but that day when we met in the corridor, well I was really upset, and I never really use that type of language.
Lisa Hopkins: Don't you?
Rita O'Grady: No.
Lisa Hopkins: Well I called Mr Clark a complete cock.
Lisa Hopkins: I'm Lisa Hopkins, I'm 31 years old and I have a first class honours degree from one of the finest universities in the world, and my husband treats me like I'm a fool.
Jane Bennet: He is just what a young man ought to be.
Jane Bennet: Mr. Bingley is just what a young man ought to be. Sensible, good humour.
Elizabeth Bennet: Handsome, conveniently rich.
Jane Bennet: You know perfectly well that I do not believe that marriage should be driven by thoughts of money.
Jane Bennet: Yes. A thousand times yes.
Mrs. Bennet: But she doesn't like him. I thought she didn't like him.
Jane Bennet: So did I, so did we all. We must have been wrong.
Mrs. Bennet: Wouldn't be the first time, will it?
Jane Bennet: No, nor the last I dare say.
Marie Curie: The things that make us weak are the things that make us strong.
Pierre Curie: I didn't make you weak.
Marie Curie: Of course you did. But couldn't have done what we did without each other.
Marie Curie: I see how you look at me, Pierre.
Pierre Curie: How do I look at you? Like a fermenting grape?
Elspeth Catton: Oliver, I have a complete and utter horror of ugliness. Ever since I was a child. I don't know why.
Felix Catton: Maybe because you're a terrible person.
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