Six Feet Under Quotes
Ruth: Claire, are you depressed?
Claire: I'm not even going to answer that question.
Ruth: Well, whatever you're going through, I hope you don't blame me.
Claire: I'm not even going to answer that question.
Ruth: Well, whatever you're going through, I hope you don't blame me.
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Ruth: I would like to go on record as saying I am in full support of you going to art school.
Claire: Consider it recorded. But I'm just taking a tour. Let's not get our panties in a wad over it.
Claire: Consider it recorded. But I'm just taking a tour. Let's not get our panties in a wad over it.
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[Keith cleans the house and David combs Taylor's hair for a social worker's visit.]
David: What are you looking for?
Keith: Anything that seems too, uh … funny.
David: Funny "ha-ha," or funny gay?
David: What are you looking for?
Keith: Anything that seems too, uh … funny.
David: Funny "ha-ha," or funny gay?
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Ruth: Clearly there's something wrong with me that you hide something like this from me, your brother and sister knew for months.
Nate: I wanted to protect you …
Ruth: You're not supposed to protect me. I'm supposed to protect you. That's what a mother does. She tries. Most of the time she fails, but how are you ever going to feel loved if you don't ever let me try?
Nate: I do. I do feel loved.
Ruth: [crying] There's just so many months I could have loved you better.
Nate: You loved me fine.
Ruth: You're everything … you're everything to me, and you don't even know it.
Nate: [crying] Oh, God, I don't wanna go. Oh, I can't do this. I can't!
Ruth: I won't let you go. I'll never let you go.
Nate: I wanted to protect you …
Ruth: You're not supposed to protect me. I'm supposed to protect you. That's what a mother does. She tries. Most of the time she fails, but how are you ever going to feel loved if you don't ever let me try?
Nate: I do. I do feel loved.
Ruth: [crying] There's just so many months I could have loved you better.
Nate: You loved me fine.
Ruth: You're everything … you're everything to me, and you don't even know it.
Nate: [crying] Oh, God, I don't wanna go. Oh, I can't do this. I can't!
Ruth: I won't let you go. I'll never let you go.
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Parker: That little Indian bitch turned herself in so that she wouldn't come back as a rodent.
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Claire: [on Nikolai] How thrilled are we that we never have to call him "Daddy"?
David: Thank God she snapped out of it.
David: Thank God she snapped out of it.
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Nate: [about the Bennett funeral] Can't Rico do it?
David: I believe his exact words were: "No fucking way. I'm not your fucking gopher any more."
David: I believe his exact words were: "No fucking way. I'm not your fucking gopher any more."
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Nate: [about Maya] You guys, she took the most amazing poop this morning!
David: Who, Lisa?
David: Who, Lisa?
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Olivier: We despise ourselves so much that we consider our own point of view as trivial. But that's bullshit! That's your father talking!
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Olivier: In the beginning, if you hate something, it's good, because you don't recognize the beauty of your own truth.
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Russell: I think it's really cool that you live in a funeral home.
Claire: Believe me, it's not.
Russell: Are you kidding? I'm jealous. It's totally weird … and excellent and perfect for when they write your biography.
Claire: Believe me, it's not.
Russell: Are you kidding? I'm jealous. It's totally weird … and excellent and perfect for when they write your biography.
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Ruth: Oh, Arthur, hi.
Arthur: Hi Ruth. Did you have a good time stalking me this morning?
Ruth: What are you talking about?
Arthur: Oh, please. If you like following people so much, why don't you join the CIA or the Moonies? Or why don't you go to the actual fucking moon and mind your own moon business, you … freak!
Arthur: Hi Ruth. Did you have a good time stalking me this morning?
Ruth: What are you talking about?
Arthur: Oh, please. If you like following people so much, why don't you join the CIA or the Moonies? Or why don't you go to the actual fucking moon and mind your own moon business, you … freak!
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Claire: Nate, you know, this isn't The Matrix. The rest of us who don't have babies, we're real.
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Russell: I have this theory that every now and then a person should get what they want right when they want it. It keeps you optimistic.
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Margaret: [on Marv] He never forgave your father for being such a success or for giving up Chanukah.
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Marv Chenowith: I remember Bern liking that poem.
Margaret: And I remember Bern thinking you were an absolute asshole.
Margaret: And I remember Bern thinking you were an absolute asshole.
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All Wives: (Quoting Daddy's Book) There is no death, there is only birth and birth and birth and birth. Consider the trees, that allow the birds to pirch and fly away, without calling them back. If your heart can be like a tree, you'll be close to the way. When the multitude laughs at you, you are blessed. This is what Daddy wants us to know: I depart as air. I shake my white locks at the runaway sun. I bequeath my self to the dirt, to grow from the grass I love. If you want me again, look for me under your boot-soles. You will hardly know who I am, or what I mean, but I shall be good health to you nevertheless. Missing me one place, search another. I stop somewhere, waiting for you.
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Arthur: Your friendship has so much value for me. Anything more would be unprofessional.
Ruth: I know, I know.
Arthur: Please don't kiss me again.
Ruth: I never will, never.
Arthur: Friends?
Ruth: Friends. [Arthur moves forward to hug Ruth, but she kisses him. Arthur pulls away surprised and runs out of the room. Some children run into the kitchen. Ruth places a tray of snacks on the table] You'll have to help yourselves. I'm out of control.
Ruth: I know, I know.
Arthur: Please don't kiss me again.
Ruth: I never will, never.
Arthur: Friends?
Ruth: Friends. [Arthur moves forward to hug Ruth, but she kisses him. Arthur pulls away surprised and runs out of the room. Some children run into the kitchen. Ruth places a tray of snacks on the table] You'll have to help yourselves. I'm out of control.
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Brenda: I wouldn't change anything. If you change one thing, that changes everything. And some things are the way they should be.
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Ruth: I care for you, Arthur. I care for your music. I care for your hankies. And I won't deny it because that would be a lie. But if you want me to leave, I will, because that's your choice. Because I choose you.
Arthur: You know something else about Petrarch? He started the Renaissance. [They embrace.]
Arthur: You know something else about Petrarch? He started the Renaissance. [They embrace.]
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Olivier: You're eighteen! You should be consumed with sex! Everything that happens should make you want to fuck. Your flesh should be on fire all the time!
Claire: [deadpan] It is.
Russell: Yeah.
Claire: [deadpan] It is.
Russell: Yeah.
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Brenda: [about Margaret] I already left a message saying I was coming over. So if she wants me to walk in on more fucking, that's her choice.
Billy: I can do it for you if you feel like you've seen enough of Mom's pussy for a few days.
Brenda: Who could ever see too much of Mom's pussy? It's like a trip down memory lane.
Billy: I can do it for you if you feel like you've seen enough of Mom's pussy for a few days.
Brenda: Who could ever see too much of Mom's pussy? It's like a trip down memory lane.
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David: I think we've had enough excitement for a while.
Keith: The three-ways?
David: Well, yeah.
Keith: What about them?
David: Don't you think that maybe they're not the best thing for us?
Keith: Ho-ho, really? So that wasn't you the other night that kept begging us to arrest and interrogate you?
Keith: The three-ways?
David: Well, yeah.
Keith: What about them?
David: Don't you think that maybe they're not the best thing for us?
Keith: Ho-ho, really? So that wasn't you the other night that kept begging us to arrest and interrogate you?
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Arthur: I have some kerchiefs and some undershirts to do. I hear some people call them wife-beaters, which I think is rather funny.
Ruth: There's nothing funny about beating your wife.
Ruth: There's nothing funny about beating your wife.
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[Russell storms out.]
Olivier: He could have at least made the effort to slam the door.
Olivier: He could have at least made the effort to slam the door.
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