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insane-romantic:
We who are left behind watch you on your way....
The long prison of the years unlocks it's iron door,
Go free now, into the beautiful land....
Forgive us who suffer in this clouded land,
Guide us and wait for us, as we wait for you.
We will meet again.
....We will meet again.

That's from a book: "Firesong" by William Nicholson. I guess it's kind of a childrens book but I love it and that bit always makes me cry, I rarely cry over books. I recommend it though, it's the third of a trilogy.

From "Ed Wood"
"Nah, I'm all man.  I even fought in WW2....Course, I was wearing ladies' undergarments under my uniform."

And, of course, the whole Smurf conversation from "Donnie Darko", I don't care if it's puerile, I think it's funny :)

First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have... reproductive organs under those little, white pants. It's just so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. You know, what's the point of living... if you don't have a dick?

opinionista:
MOVIES

Gone with The Wind

Scarlett: Rhett... if you go, where shall I go, what shall I do?
Rhett Butler: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

******
Casablanca

Rick: Your cash is good at the bar.
Banker: What? Do you know who I am?
Rick: I do. You're lucky the bar's open to you

******

Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)

Tina: Trust you? The last time I trusted you, Mookie, I ended up with a son.

BOOKS

The Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger)

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

In the first place, I'm sort of an atheist. I like Jesus and all, but I don't care too much for most of the other stuff in the Bible. Take the Disciples, for instance. They annoyed the hell out of me, if you want to know the truth. They were all right after Jesus was dead and all, but while He was alive, they were about as much use to Him as a hole in the head. All they did was keep letting Him down. I like almost anybody in the Bible better than the Disciples. If you want to know the truth, the guy I like best in the Bible, next to Jesus, was that lunatic and all, that lived in the tombs and kept cutting himself with stones. I like him ten times as much as the Disciples, that poor bastard.

La vida es sueño.   (Pedro Calerón de la Barca)
(Life is a dream)

"¿Qué es la vida? Un frenesí. (What is life? A frenzy)
¿Qué es la vida? Una ilusión, (What's life? An illusion)
una sombra, una ficción; (A shadow, a fiction)
y el mayor bien es pequeño; (It is greatest good is small)
que toda la vida es sueño, (All life is a dream)
y los sueños, sueños son." (And dreams are just dreams)

Lumière:
From Dirty Harry ..  8) 
You gotta admire his straightforward way of saying things ..  :P


"Well, opinions are like a--holes, everyone's got one."


Harry just got suspended, he is upset and hands in his badge:

"Well, here's a 7-point suppository for you .."
Boss looks at him stunned.   "What did you say?"
Harry, with a growl:  "I said stick it in your a$$" ..


Harry has to explain why he shot a man..
Harry Callahan: Well, when an adult male is chasing a female with intent to commit rape, I shoot the bastard. That's my policy.
The Mayor: Intent? How did you establish that?
Harry Callahan: When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher's knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross!


And the ultimate:  8)
You've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya punk?

SFEnnisSF:
"Leeloo Dallas Multi Pass"   :D

-The Fifth Element

Front-Ranger:
This is from Be Here Now, by Ram Dass: You just love until you and the beloved become one.

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