Princess Mononoke Quotes

Lady Eboshi : Now watch closely, everyone. I'm going to show you how to kill a god. A god of life and death. The trick is not to fear him.

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Lady Eboshi : What exactly are you here for?
Prince Ashitaka : To see with eyes unclouded by hate.

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Moro : Ah, you're awake. I was hoping you'd cry out in your sleep, then I would have bitten your head off to silence you.

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Gonza : We killed her!
Lady Eboshi : You forget she's a god. It will take more than that.

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Toki : I wish the wolves had eaten you! Then maybe I could've found a real husband.

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Toki : Thanks, stranger. My husband's an idiot, but I'm glad he's safe and sound.
Ashitaka : That's a relief. I was starting to think I'd done something wrong by bringing him back home.

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Kôhroku : Huh, I didn't know the Forest Spirit made the flowers grow.

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Toki : Even if you were a woman, you'd still be an idiot!

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[ San's bite reveals the curse in Ashitaka's arm ]
Prince Ashitaka : Look, everyone! This is what hatred looks like! This is what it does when it catches hold of you! It's eating me alive, and very soon now it will kill me! Fear and anger only make it grow faster!

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Jigo : This soup tastes like donkey piss!

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Kôhroku : My arm, it doesn't hurt anymore. IT'S HEALED! [ bones crack ]
Kôhroku : Ow! No, it's still broken.

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Lady Eboshi : What do you think you're doing, boy?
Prince Ashitaka : Stay your hand, the girl's life is now mine. [ San bites Ashitaka's arm ]
Lady Eboshi : I'm sure she'll make a lovely wife for you...

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Lady Eboshi : Cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite.

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Jigo : When you're going to kill a god, let someone else do your dirty work.

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Jigo : Are you selling soup or donkey piss?

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Jigo : Well, I give up. Can't win against fools.

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San, The Princess Mononoke : It's over, the Forest Spirit is dead now.
Prince Ashitaka : Never. He is life itself. He is here with us now, telling us, it's time for both of us to live.

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[ Ashitaka wants to see where the women of Iron Town work ]
Female fire worker : We'll have to work in make-up tonight!

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Jigo : You see everyone wants everything, that's the way the world is. But I just might actually get it.

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San, The Princess Mononoke : Why are they cutting down trees?
Moro : To make them angry, which makes them stupid.

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San's Wolf Brother : What about the elk? May we eat him?
San, The Princess Mononoke : No, you may not. Go home.

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San, The Princess Mononoke : You two go on ahead. I'll stay here and deal with the human.
San's Wolf Brother : What about the elk?
San's Wolf Brother : Yes... can we eat him?
San, The Princess Mononoke : No, you may not. Go home!

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Jigo : Give the head back now? Come on, boy. Don't be silly. Now, when the sun's about to come up? Look! He's a brainless, life-sucking god of death. At sunrise he'll vanish like a bad dream.

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Lady Eboshi : Stay here. Help me kill the Forest Spirit, Ashitaka
Prince Ashitaka : You would do that? Kill the very heart of the forest?
Lady Eboshi : Without that ancient god the animals here would be nothing but dumb beasts once again.

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Ape Tribe : This is our forest. The human... give him to us. Give us the human and go.
San's Wolf Brother : You go before my fangs find you.
Ape Tribe : We will not go. We will eat the human. Yes... we will eat the man creature.

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San, The Princess Mononoke : Ugh! I smell like a human.

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Boar in Okkoto's Tribe : The Forest Spirit saved him? Saved the life of this loathsome runt? Why didn't he save Nago? Is he not the guardian of the forest? Why?
Moro : The Forest Spirit gives life and takes life away. Life and death are his alone. Or have you boars forgotten than?
Boar in Okkoto's Tribe : You lie! You must have begged the Forest Spirit to spare his life! But you did not beg for Nago! Did you?
Moro : Nago was afraid to die. Now, I too, carry within my breast a poisoned human bullet. Nago fled and the darkness took him. I remain and contemplate my death.
Boar in Okkoto's Tribe : You are not fooling us. Nago was beautiful and strong. He would not have run from anything. You wolves must have eaten him!
San, The Princess Mononoke : Quiet! Watch what you say, you filthy pig!

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Okkoto : Look on my tribe, Moro. We grow small, and we grow stupid. We will soon be nothing but squealing game... that the humans hunt for their meat.

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messenger from Lord Asano : You ladies need to be taught some respect!
Female fire worker : Respect? What's that?
Female fire worker : We haven't had any respect since the day we were born! [ the women collectively give the messenger the "raspberry" ]

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Kaya : Ashitaka, wait!
Prince Ashitaka : Kaya, what are you doing here? You know it's forbidden!
Kaya : Do you think I care about that? I came to give you this so you won't forget your little sister.
Prince Ashitaka : Your crystal dagger, Kaya, I can't take this.
Kaya : I want you to have it, so you won't forget.
Prince Ashitaka : Kaya, you know I could never forget you.

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