Suspiria Quotes

Dr. Frank Mandel: Bad luck isn't brought by broken mirrors, but by broken minds.

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Narrator: Suzy Banyon decided to perfect her ballet studies in the most famous school of dance in Europe. She chose the celebrated academy of Freiburg. One day, at nine in the morning, she left Kennedy airport, New York, and arrived in Germany at 10: 40 p.m. local time.

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Susie Bannion: [to Madame Blanc, communicated telepathically]It's all a mess. The one out there... [spoken]
Susie Bannion: The one in here... the one that's coming. Why is everyone so ready to think the worst is over?

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Madame Blanc: When you dance the dance of another, you make yourself in the image of its creator.

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Susie Bannion: Death to any other Mother.

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Dr. Josef Klemperer: [to Sara]Patricia wrote about Three Mothers lost to time, predating all Christian invention. Pre-God, pre-devil. Mother Tenebrarum, Mother Lachrymarum and Mother Suspiriorum. Darkness, tears, and sighs.

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Madame Blanc: It's difficult not to be curious about you.

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Dr. Josef Klemperer: Love and manipulation, they share houses very often. They are constant bedfellows.

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Susie Bannion: [in German, to Dr. Klemperer]We need guilt, Doctor. And shame. But not yours.

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Susie Bannion: [When asked what dance feels like to her]It felt like what I think it must feel like to fuck.
Madame Blanc: Do you mean fuck a man?
Susie Bannion: No. I was thinking of an animal.

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Dr. Josef Klemperer: A delusion is a lie that tells a truth.

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Miss Huller: [to Dr. Klemperer]When women tell you the truth, you don't pity them. You tell them they are delusional!

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Patricia: [to Dr. Klemperer, in English]If they find me here, they won't hesitate. [in German]
Patricia: They'll hollow me out and eat my cunt on a plate.

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Helena Markos: It's not vanity, it's Art!

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