Phantom Thread Quotes

Reynolds Woodcock: Her arrival has cast a very long shadow.

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Alma: I still think he's too fussy.

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Reynolds Woodcock: A house that doesn't change is a dead house.

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Reynolds Woodcock: As I think you know, Alma, I prefer my asparagus with oil and salt. And knowing this, you've prepared the asparagus with butter. Now, I can imagine in certain circumstances being able to pretend that I like it made this way. Right now, I'm just admiring my own gallantry for eating it the way you've prepared it.
Alma: I don't know what I'm doing here. I, I don't know what I'm doing here. I'm just waiting around like a idiot for you.
Reynolds Woodcock: This was an ambush, Alma. To what purpose?
Alma: This is not... I know it's not going as I expected, I, I didn't mean these things to come out. I'm sorry, but it was meant to be nice.
Reynolds Woodcock: Well, what did you expect?
Alma: I wanted time with you. I wanted to have you to myself.

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Alma: If he didn't wake up from this, if he wasn't here tomorrow, no matter. For I know he'd be waiting for me in the afterlife or some safe celestial place, in this life and the next and the next one after. And for whatever there is on the road that follows from here, it would only require my patience to get to him again. You see, to be in love with him makes life no great mystery.

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Reynolds Woodcock: You can sew almost anything into the canvas of a coat.

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Reynolds Woodcock: I think it's the expectations and assumptions of others that cause heartache.

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