Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Quotes

Joel : I'm so ashamed.
Clementine : It's okay, you're a little kid.

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Rob : It's not about us, it's about Joel, who's an adult, okay, not "Momma Carrie's kid"!

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Clementine : Look man, I'm telling you right off the bat I'm high maintenance. So I'm not gonna tip-toe around your marriage or whatever it is ya got goin' on there. If you wanna be with me, you're with me.
Joel : Okay.

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[ 4-year-old Joel watches his mother leave the room ]
4-Year-Old Joel : I really want her to pick me up. It's amazing how strong that desire is.

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[ first lines ]
Joel : [ voice over ] random thoughts for Valentine's day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap.

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Clementine : I wish you'd stayed.
Joel : I wish I'd stayed, too. NOW I wish I'd stayed. I wish I'd done a lot of things. I wish I'd... I wish I'd stayed... I do.

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Joel : I love being bathed in the sink - such a feeling of security.
Clementine : I've never seen you happier, baby Joel.

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Clementine : Wish me a happy Valentine's Day when you call. That'd be... nice!

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Clementine : You married?
Joel : No.
Clementine : Let's move into this neighborhood!
Joel : I do sorta live with someone though.
Clementine : Male or female?
Joel : What? Female... female...
Clementine : At least I'm not barking up the wrong tree!

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Clementine : My embarrassing admission is I really like that you're nice, right now.

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[ Patrick knocks on Joel's car window while parked in front of Clem's apartment ]
Joel : Yes?
Patrick : Can I help you?
Joel : What do you mean?
Patrick : Can I help you with something?
Joel : No.
Patrick : What are you doing here?
Joel : I'm not really sure what you're asking.
Patrick : Oh, thanks...

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Clementine : You're not a stalker, or anything, right?
Joel : I'm not a stalker. YOU'RE the one that talked to me, remember?
Clementine : That is the oldest trick in the stalker book.
Joel : Really? There's a stalker book? Great, I gotta read that one.

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Clementine : [ Clementine has dyed her hair orange ] You like? To match my sweatshirt, exactly.
Joel : Ahaaahhhhh! Ohhhhhh! I like it!
Clementine : You do?
Joel : You look like a tangerine!
Clementine : Hmmm, Clementine the tangerine.
Joel : Juicy... 'n seedless.
Clementine : I like that.

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Mary : I wanted to understand as much as I could about the procedure as possible... I think it's important for my job to understand the inner workings of the work that we do, well not that I do, but the work that is done by people where I also work, the work of my colleagues.

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[ Joel calls Clem on the telephone ]
Clementine : What took you so long?
Joel : I just walked in.
Clementine : Do you miss me?
Joel : Oddly enough, I do!
Clementine : You said "I do" - I guess that means we're married!
Joel : I guess so!

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Carrie : I saw you talking to someone pretty!
Rob : Yeah, man, who was that?
Joel : She was... just a girl.

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Frank : The only Valentine's Day cards I get are from my mother. How pathetic is that?

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Clementine : I would like you to call me. Would you do that? I'd like it.

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Clementine : I'm a vindictive little bitch, truth be told!

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Clementine : What are you, NUTS?
Joel : It's been suggested.

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Joel : I think your name is magical.

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Clementine : You're really nice... God, I have to stop saying that!

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Joel : I had a really nice time last night.
Clementine : Nice?
Joel : I had the best fucking night of my entire fucking life, last night!
Clementine : Thaaaat's better!

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Clementine : You don't tell me things, Joel. I'm an open book. I tell you everything, every damn, embarrassing thing.

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Clementine : Joely?
Joel : Yeah Tangerine?
Clementine : Am I ugly?
Joel : Uh-uh.
Clementine : When I was a kid, I thought I was. I can't believe I'm crying already. Sometimes I think people don't understand how lonely it is to be a kid, like you don't matter. So, I'm eight, and I have these toys, these dolls. My favorite is this ugly girl doll who I call Clementine, and I keep yelling at her, "You can't be ugly! Be pretty!" It's weird, like if I can transform her, I would magically change, too.
Joel : [ kisses Clementine ] You're pretty.
Clementine : Joely, don't ever leave me.
Joel : You're pretty... you're pretty... pretty...

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Clementine : I apply my personality in a paste.

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Joel : If only I could meet someone new. I guess my chances of that happening are somewhat diminished, seeing that I'm incapable of making eye contact with a woman I don't know.

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Mary : Adults are, like, this mess of sadness and phobias.

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Joel : [ on tape recording ] And the whole thing with the hair - it's all bullshit.
Joel : I really like your hair.
Clementine : Thank you.

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Hollis : Don't be a monster, Howard. Tell the poor girl. You can have him, sweetie. You did.

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