Six Feet Under Quotes
George: I hope those people aren't going to be here.
Ruth: I think they're just celebrity spokespeople.
George: They're celebrities?
Ruth: I think they're just celebrity spokespeople.
George: They're celebrities?
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Margaret: Everyone should drop an organ. After the first shock, it's positively liberating!
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Keith: [about Jake] If you could do anything, what would you do?
David: I'd tell him what I think of him and what he did to me, that evil, evil fuck.
Keith: Well, you can do that!
David: I know. I said it all to the therapy pillow.
David: I'd tell him what I think of him and what he did to me, that evil, evil fuck.
Keith: Well, you can do that!
David: I know. I said it all to the therapy pillow.
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Nathaniel Sr.: You aren't even grateful, are you?
David: Grateful? For the worst fucking experience of my life?
Nathaniel Sr..: You hang onto your pain like it means something, like it's worth something. Well, let me tell 'ya, it's not worth shit. Let it go. Infinite possibilities, and all he can do is whine.
David: Well, what am I supposed to do?
Nathaniel Sr.: What do you think? You can do anything, you lucky bastard, you're alive! What's a little pain compared to that?
David: It can't be that simple.
Nathaniel Sr.: [putting his arm around David and pulling him closer] What if it is?
David: Grateful? For the worst fucking experience of my life?
Nathaniel Sr..: You hang onto your pain like it means something, like it's worth something. Well, let me tell 'ya, it's not worth shit. Let it go. Infinite possibilities, and all he can do is whine.
David: Well, what am I supposed to do?
Nathaniel Sr.: What do you think? You can do anything, you lucky bastard, you're alive! What's a little pain compared to that?
David: It can't be that simple.
Nathaniel Sr.: [putting his arm around David and pulling him closer] What if it is?
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David: [to Keith about their appointment with the adoption agency] If we're not on top of our paperwork, Shirley is going to kick our "Gay Daddy" asses into the street.
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[Claire walks in on Ruth cleaning the kitchen in the Fisher home.]
Claire: Jesus Christ, Mom, will you stop cleaning and talk to me?
Ruth: No. This isn't the time, and there's nothing to say.
Claire: Don't you think that it's significant that whenever I make a decision for myself, you hate me?
Ruth: I don't hate you, I hate your choices.
Claire: Look at me! I am an adult, and my choices are none of your business! You had no right to call that lawyer! Dad loved me. He wanted me to be happy. That's why he left me the money.
Ruth: He did not intend to finance you while you play house with a crazy person!
Claire: Look who's talking!
Ruth: He wanted you to be educated, to learn, to go to college!
Claire: I am learning from life! You don't even know what college is. You never went and that was your choice and now you hate yourself for it, so you're gonna take it out on me!
Ruth: That is not true!
Claire: Then stop being such a controlling bitch and give me my money! [Ruth raises her hand to slap Claire.] I will hit you back this time! Billy and I are moving to Spain, and you can't stop us!
Ruth: Get out of my house!
[Claire grabs her belongings and leaves.]
Claire: Jesus Christ, Mom, will you stop cleaning and talk to me?
Ruth: No. This isn't the time, and there's nothing to say.
Claire: Don't you think that it's significant that whenever I make a decision for myself, you hate me?
Ruth: I don't hate you, I hate your choices.
Claire: Look at me! I am an adult, and my choices are none of your business! You had no right to call that lawyer! Dad loved me. He wanted me to be happy. That's why he left me the money.
Ruth: He did not intend to finance you while you play house with a crazy person!
Claire: Look who's talking!
Ruth: He wanted you to be educated, to learn, to go to college!
Claire: I am learning from life! You don't even know what college is. You never went and that was your choice and now you hate yourself for it, so you're gonna take it out on me!
Ruth: That is not true!
Claire: Then stop being such a controlling bitch and give me my money! [Ruth raises her hand to slap Claire.] I will hit you back this time! Billy and I are moving to Spain, and you can't stop us!
Ruth: Get out of my house!
[Claire grabs her belongings and leaves.]
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[Claire calls the family lawyer after learning that Ruth froze her trust fund.]
Claire: So then I called the bank and they said that there had been no money deposited. Can you fix this, please? I have to get a new camera.
Lawyer: Claire, you're not enrolled in college this quarter.
Claire: Who told you that?
Lawyer: Your mother. You should've told me yourself.
Claire: I'm taking some time off. So what?
Lawyer: So you can't access the funds. I'm sorry.
Claire: I beg your pardon. That is my money. My father gave it to me!
Lawyer: He set up a trust to pay for your education, not to support your lifestyle outside of the classroom.
Claire: It is not my lifestyle! It is my life, and I am learning more now than I ever did in that pretentious art barn!
Lawyer: You know you don't inherit free and clear until you're twenty-five. The language is very specific.
Claire: This is just like bureaucratic bullshit, and how am I supposed to move to Europe and fucking ripen when you won't even give me my money?
Lawyer: Your mother and I discussed this. We feel that it is in your best interest.
Claire: You don't even know me!
Claire: So then I called the bank and they said that there had been no money deposited. Can you fix this, please? I have to get a new camera.
Lawyer: Claire, you're not enrolled in college this quarter.
Claire: Who told you that?
Lawyer: Your mother. You should've told me yourself.
Claire: I'm taking some time off. So what?
Lawyer: So you can't access the funds. I'm sorry.
Claire: I beg your pardon. That is my money. My father gave it to me!
Lawyer: He set up a trust to pay for your education, not to support your lifestyle outside of the classroom.
Claire: It is not my lifestyle! It is my life, and I am learning more now than I ever did in that pretentious art barn!
Lawyer: You know you don't inherit free and clear until you're twenty-five. The language is very specific.
Claire: This is just like bureaucratic bullshit, and how am I supposed to move to Europe and fucking ripen when you won't even give me my money?
Lawyer: Your mother and I discussed this. We feel that it is in your best interest.
Claire: You don't even know me!
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Nate: [as imagined by Brenda during a family dinner] Quit trying to be some fucking hausfrau, all right? You're a rebel. You're a freak. We're never gonna be a real family no matter what you sauté!
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Nate: I just feel like all I do, all day long, is just manage myself, try to fuckin' connect with people. But it's like, no matter how much energy you pour into getting to the station on time, or getting on the right train, there's still no fuckin' guarantee that anybody's gonna be there for you to pick you up when you get there.
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[Nate is looking through a photo album on his 40th birthday.]
Nathaniel Sr.: The day I turned 40, you were in Europe. I spent the whole day wondering if you'd call.
Nate: Sorry.
Nathaniel Sr.: Oh, don't apologize. You did what you had to do, you little fucker.
Nate: You know, so much crazy shit has happened since these pictures were taken. So much. The idea of 40 more years—
Nathaniel Sr.: The next 40 fly by much faster. It'll be over before you know it.
Nate: Time flies when you're having fun, huh?
Nathaniel Sr.: No, time flies when you're pretending to have fun. Time flies when you're pretending to love Brenda and that baby she wants so much. Time flies when you're pretending to know what people mean when they say "love". Face it, buddy boy, there's two kinds of people in the world: there's you, and there's everybody else, and never the twain shall meet.
Nathaniel Sr.: The day I turned 40, you were in Europe. I spent the whole day wondering if you'd call.
Nate: Sorry.
Nathaniel Sr.: Oh, don't apologize. You did what you had to do, you little fucker.
Nate: You know, so much crazy shit has happened since these pictures were taken. So much. The idea of 40 more years—
Nathaniel Sr.: The next 40 fly by much faster. It'll be over before you know it.
Nate: Time flies when you're having fun, huh?
Nathaniel Sr.: No, time flies when you're pretending to have fun. Time flies when you're pretending to love Brenda and that baby she wants so much. Time flies when you're pretending to know what people mean when they say "love". Face it, buddy boy, there's two kinds of people in the world: there's you, and there's everybody else, and never the twain shall meet.
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[Billy is behaving weirdly at Nate's birthday party.]
Claire: Did you stop taking your medication?
Billy: Yeah! But that's a good thing.
Claire: Why?
Billy: Because, Claire... okay, I'm sick of feeling like I am living every moment inside a giant Xeroxed fucking cotton ball.
Claire: Did you stop taking your medication?
Billy: Yeah! But that's a good thing.
Claire: Why?
Billy: Because, Claire... okay, I'm sick of feeling like I am living every moment inside a giant Xeroxed fucking cotton ball.
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[Billy and George are talking on the porch. Billy is sneaking a beer.]
George: So, you stopped taking them? Just like that?
Billy: Yep.
George: How do you feel?
Billy: I feel a little tingly. That's about it. What do they got you on these days?
George: Well, they just switched me from Lithium to Tophranil.
Billy: Oh.
George: In between the shock treatments.
Billy: What are those like?
George: Honestly, I don't know. I go in. They put me on a bed. They give me some oxygen. They say "You're going to feel a little prick in your hand." That always makes me laugh. And then the next thing I know, I wake up with the worst headache I've had in my life.
Billy: You think it's helping?
George: I think that, as Émile Coué used to say, "Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better." But not everyone agrees.
Billy: Yeah. It's hard to get your shit together with someone watching all the time.
George: Hm, yeah, it is. But when no one is watching, then where are you? Where the fuck are you then?
George: So, you stopped taking them? Just like that?
Billy: Yep.
George: How do you feel?
Billy: I feel a little tingly. That's about it. What do they got you on these days?
George: Well, they just switched me from Lithium to Tophranil.
Billy: Oh.
George: In between the shock treatments.
Billy: What are those like?
George: Honestly, I don't know. I go in. They put me on a bed. They give me some oxygen. They say "You're going to feel a little prick in your hand." That always makes me laugh. And then the next thing I know, I wake up with the worst headache I've had in my life.
Billy: You think it's helping?
George: I think that, as Émile Coué used to say, "Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better." But not everyone agrees.
Billy: Yeah. It's hard to get your shit together with someone watching all the time.
George: Hm, yeah, it is. But when no one is watching, then where are you? Where the fuck are you then?
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George: Nobody grows up thinking this is the way they're gonna turn out to be. If I could change just by snapping my fingers, I'd do it.
Ruth: I know you would, George.
George: I am trying so hard to get better.
Ruth: And you are.
George: But not fast enough for you!
Ruth: You're getting better as fast as you can. I know that.
George: I am so lucky. I hate that I'm the lucky one. No one's ever lucky to have me. Nobody's ever been lucky to have me.
Ruth: I know you would, George.
George: I am trying so hard to get better.
Ruth: And you are.
George: But not fast enough for you!
Ruth: You're getting better as fast as you can. I know that.
George: I am so lucky. I hate that I'm the lucky one. No one's ever lucky to have me. Nobody's ever been lucky to have me.
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Vanessa Diaz: You know, lately, I was thinking there was a chance that maybe we could get back together. Boy, do I need my fucking head examined … I can't believe I married a fucking embalmer.
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Nate: [to Brenda] What am I supposed to tell her? That her real mommy got pregnant and made me trapped into marrying her while she was fucking her brother-in-law, and then he murdered her because she tried to break it off, and that he might even be her real dad? I just want to spare her that, but I don't have to spare me that.
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Marianne: What's the matter, Claire? Is it Kirsten? Is she being a butt?
Claire: Oh no, it's not that, it's just these pantyhose.
Marianne: Oh. Do you have a run? 'Cause I have a little clear polish you can put on it …
Claire: No, no, it's not that. It's just they're squeezing against my entire torso and I feel like I can't even breathe. I mean, none of this work would even seem that hard if I didn't feel like I was sitting in a torture chamber all day.
Marianne: Maybe you should try a different brand. Mine energize me.
Claire: No, it's not the brand. I mean, they're all the same, it's … I mean, I don't understand how having your legs sheathed in this, like, smooth plastic Barbie leg, like, encased in a sausage casing would help you do your job better. I mean, doesn't it seem sexist that it's a regulation only for women?
Marianne: Men have to wear ties.
Claire: Right, but they don't suffocate you … and it's not on their penis.
Marianne: I'm gonna go wash out some mugs.
Claire: Oh no, it's not that, it's just these pantyhose.
Marianne: Oh. Do you have a run? 'Cause I have a little clear polish you can put on it …
Claire: No, no, it's not that. It's just they're squeezing against my entire torso and I feel like I can't even breathe. I mean, none of this work would even seem that hard if I didn't feel like I was sitting in a torture chamber all day.
Marianne: Maybe you should try a different brand. Mine energize me.
Claire: No, it's not the brand. I mean, they're all the same, it's … I mean, I don't understand how having your legs sheathed in this, like, smooth plastic Barbie leg, like, encased in a sausage casing would help you do your job better. I mean, doesn't it seem sexist that it's a regulation only for women?
Marianne: Men have to wear ties.
Claire: Right, but they don't suffocate you … and it's not on their penis.
Marianne: I'm gonna go wash out some mugs.
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Sarah: [to Ruth] You say there's a reason that Grandma lost her legs and there's a reason there's war and tsunamis and there's a reason that George fucking Bush got reelected?
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Nate: Love isn't something you feel, it's something you do. If the person you're with doesn't want it, do yourself a favor and save it for someone who does.
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Claire: [singing] Adrift on the water/could it be actually/wearing these clothes/I've never been/this fucking uncomfortable/Never again to wear pantyhose.../'Cause you ride up my thighs/You're tight on my ass/You climb up my crotch/You ruin my day/And fill my soul/You fill my soul with hate/It can't be right/when they feel so tight.../'Cause you and you and you/all of you...
Marianne: Claire?
Claire: [singing] Ride up my thighs.
Marianne: Claire? Is my music too loud? Do you need me to turn it down?
Claire: Oh, yeah, maybe a little. Thanks.
Marianne: Claire?
Claire: [singing] Ride up my thighs.
Marianne: Claire? Is my music too loud? Do you need me to turn it down?
Claire: Oh, yeah, maybe a little. Thanks.
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Margaret: [to Brenda] All couples have these types of disagreements. You think I didn't want to abort you and Billy?
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Maggie Sibley: What's wrong?
Nate: [breathing heavily] My arm is numb … [slurs] Numb arm … numb arm … narm! … Narm!
Nate: [breathing heavily] My arm is numb … [slurs] Numb arm … numb arm … narm! … Narm!
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Brenda: [to Maggie] What is this, some Quaker thing? You fuck someone's husband to death, then you bring them a quiche?
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David: You could've dressed.
Claire: I couldn't.
David: The rest of us managed.
Claire: Well, then, the rest of you win.
Claire: I couldn't.
David: The rest of us managed.
Claire: Well, then, the rest of you win.
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