Donnie Darko Quotes

Sean Smith : [ at the bus stop ] Good shit, eh?
Donnie : Dude, it's a fucking cigarette.

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Dr. Lilian Thurman : What did Roberta Sparrow say to you?
Donnie : She said, "Every living creature on earth dies alone."

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Dr. Lilian Thurman : Has he ever told you about his friend Frank?
Rose Darko : Frank?
Dr. Lilian Thurman : Yes, the giant bunny rabbit...
Edward Darko : What?
Rose Darko : ...I don't recall him ever having mentioned a rabbit...

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Kitty Farmer : [ giving a pep talk to girls about to go on stage ] OK ? now, girls. I want you to concentrate. Failure is not an option. And Bethany? If you feel the need to vomit up there, just swallow it.

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Donnie : [ to his mother ] How's it feel to have a wacko for a son?
Rose Darko : It feels wonderful.

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Gretchen : What if you could go back in time, and take all those hours of pain and darkness and replace them with something better?

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Donnie : You are such a fuckass.
Elizabeth : Did you just call me a fuckass? You can go suck a fuck.
Donnie : Oh, please, tell me Elizabeth, how exactly does one suck a fuck?

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Donnie : Frank, when's this gonna stop?
Frank : You should already know that.

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Dr. Lilian Thurman : Do you feel alone right now?
Donnie : Oh, I dunno. I mean I'd like to believe I'm not but I just... I've just never seen any proof so I... I just don't debate it anymore, you know? It's like I could spend my whole life debating it over and over again, weighing the pros and cons and in the end I still wouldn't have any proof so I just... I just don't debate it anymore. It's absurd.
Dr. Lilian Thurman : The search for God is absurd?
Donnie : It is if everyone dies alone.

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Jim Cunningham : Son... DO YOU SEE THIS? This is an Anger Prisoner. A textbook example. DO YOU SEE THE FEAR, PEOPLE? This boy is scared to death of the truth. Son, it breaks my heart to say this, but I believe you are a very troubled and confused young man. I believe you are searching for the answers in all the wrong places...
Donnie : You're right, actually. I am pretty- I'm, I'm pretty troubled and I'm, I'm pretty confused. But I... and I'm afraid. Really, really afraid. Really afraid. But I... I... I think you're the fucking Antichrist.

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Kitty Farmer : Not only am I a teacher, but I am also the mother of a Middlesex child. Therefore, I am the only person here who transcends the parent-teacher bridge.

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Samantha Darko : What's a fuckass?

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Rose Darko : Do you even know who Graham Greene is?
Kitty Farmer : I think we've all seen Bonanza.

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Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff : Um... I'm not going to be able to continue this conversation.
Donnie : Why?
Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff : I could lose my job.
Donnie : OK.

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Dr. Lilian Thurman : If the sky were to suddenly open up, there would be no law, there would be no rule. There would only be you and your memories.

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Dr. Lilian Thurman : If this world were to end, there would only be you... and him... and no one else.

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Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff : And did you stop and think that maybe infants need darkness? That maybe darkness is part of their natural environment?

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Gretchen : Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.

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Donnie : Well look, um... uh... you wanna go with me?
Gretchen : Where do you wanna go?
Donnie : No, I mean like go with me, like you know... like, that's what we call it here... going together...
Gretchen : Sure [ pauses for a moment, turns and walks away ]
Donnie : Ok-hey where're you going?
Gretchen : I'm going home.

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[ Donnie tries to kiss Gretchen and she pulls away ]
Donnie : Well I-I, sorry I...
Gretchen : Donnie wait...
Donnie : I like you a lot...
Gretchen : I just want it to be... at a time when... it...
Donnie : When what?
Gretchen : When it reminds me just...
Donnie : When it reminds you of how beautiful the world can be?
Gretchen : Yeah... [ turns her head ]
Gretchen : and right now there's some fat guy over there staring at us.

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Karen Pommeroy : [ to Principal Cole ] I don't think that you have a clue what it's like to communicate with these kids. We are losing them to apathy... to this prescribed nonsense. They are slipping away.

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[ before a dance performance ]
Kitty Farmer : Okay, now girls... I want you to concentrate. Failure is not an option. And Bethany, if you feel the need to vomit up there... just swallow it.

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Donnie : Ling Ling finds a wallet on the ground filled with money. She takes the wallet to the address on the driver's license but keeps the money inside the wallet. [ Scoffs ]
Donnie : I-I'm sorry Mrs. Farmer. I don't get this.

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Donnie : Life isn't that simple. I mean who cares if Ling Ling returns the wallet and keeps the money? It has nothing to do with either fear or love.
Kitty Farmer : Fear and love are the deepest of human emotions.
Donnie : Okay. But you're not listening to me. There are other things that need to be taken into account here. Like the whole spectrum of human emotion. You can't just lump everything into these two categories and then just deny everything else!

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Donnie : My parents didn't get me what I wanted for Christmas.
Dr. Lilian Thurman : What did you want?
Donnie : Hungry Hungry Hippos.
Dr. Lilian Thurman : And how did you feel, being denied these hungry, hungry hippos?
Donnie : Regret.

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Karen Pommeroy : This famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language, of all the endless combinations of words in all of history, that Cellar Door is the most beautiful.

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Emily Bates : Mom said the school is closed today because it's flooded, and there's feces everywhere!
Susie Bates : What are feces?
Emily Bates : Baby mice.
Susie Bates : Aww.

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[ first lines ]
Elizabeth : I'm voting for Dukakis.

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Dr. Lilian Thurman : Do you still think about girls a lot?
Donnie : [ Under hypnosis ] Yeah.
Dr. Lilian Thurman : How are things going at school?
Donnie : I think about girls a lot.
Dr. Lilian Thurman : I asked you about school, Donnie.
Donnie : I think about fucking a lot, in school.
Dr. Lilian Thurman : What else do you think about, when you're at school?
Donnie : Married With Children.
Dr. Lilian Thurman : Do you think about your family?
Donnie : I just turn down the volume and think about fucking Christina Applegate.
Dr. Lilian Thurman : I asked you about your family.
Donnie : [ Chuckling ] No, I don't think about fucking my family, that's gross.

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Donnie : [ taking a cigarette ] What will happen if you tell Mom about this?
Samantha Darko : You'll put Ariel in the garbage disposal.
Donnie : Goddamn right I will.

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