Donnie-Darko Movie Saying

Donnie-Darko Movie Saying

Frank: Wake up, Donnie.

Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff: And did you stop and think that maybe infants need darkness? That maybe darkness is part of their natural development.

Gretchen: Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.

Donnie: Well look, um... uh... you wanna go with me? Gretchen: Where do you wanna go? Donnie: No, I mean like go with me, like you know... like, that's what we call it here... going together... Gretchen: Sure [pauses for a moment, turns and walks away] Donnie: Ok-hey where're you going? Gretchen: I'm going home.

[Donnie tries to kiss Gretchen and she pulls away] Donnie: Well I-I, sorry I... Gretchen: Donnie wait... Donnie: I like you a lot... Gretchen: I just want it to be... at a time when... it... Donnie: When what? Gretchen: When it reminds me just... Donnie: When it reminds you of how beautiful the world can be? Gretchen: Yeah... [turns her head] Gretchen: and right now there's some fat guy over there staring at us.

Karen Pommeroy: [to Principle Cole] I don't think that you have a clue what it's like to communicate with these kids. We are losing them to apathy... to this prescribed nonsense. They are slipping away.

[before a dance performance]
Kitty Farmer: Okay, now girls... I want you to concentrate. Failure is not an option. And Bethany, if you feel the need to vomit up there... just swallow it.

Donnie: Ling Ling finds a wallet on the ground filled with money. She takes the wallet to the address on the driver's license but keeps the money inside the wallet. [Scoffs] Donnie: I-I'm sorry Mrs. Farmer. I don't get this.

Donnie: Life isn't that simple. I mean who cares if Ling Ling returns the wallet and keeps the money? It has nothing to do with either fear or love. Kitty Farmer: Fear and love are the deepest of human emotions. Donnie: Okay. But you're not listening to me. There are other things that need to be taken into account here. Like the whole spectrum of human emotion. You can't just lump everything into these two categories and then just deny everything else!

Donnie: My parents didn't get me what I wanted for Christmas. Dr. Lilian Thurman: What did you want? Donnie: Hungry Hungry Hippos. Dr. Lilian Thurman: And how did you feel, being denied these hungry, hungry hippos? Donnie: Regret.

[Donnie is under hypnosis by his therapist] Dr. Lilian Thurman: What else makes you feel regret, Donnie? Donnie: [suddenly breaking into a wide grin] That I did it again...

Karen Pommeroy: This famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language, of all the endless combinations of words in all of history, that Cellar Door is the most beautiful.

Emily Bates: Mom said the school is closed today because it's flooded, and there's feces everywhere! Susie Bates: What are feces? Emily Bates: Baby mice. Susie Bates: Aww.

[first lines] Elizabeth: I'm voting for Dukakis.

Donnie: I don't think about fucking my family... that's gross. [unbuttons his pants and tries to put his hand inside, but his therapist stops him]

Donnie: [taking a cigarette] What will happen if you tell mom about this? Samantha Darko: You'll put Ariel in the garbage disposal. Donnie: Goddamn right I will.

Jim Cunningham: Son... DO YOU SEE THIS? This is an Anger Prisoner. A textbook example. DO YOU SEE THE FEAR, PEOPLE? This boy is scared to death of the truth. Son, it breaks my heart to say this, but I believe you are a very troubled and confused young man. I believe you are searching for the answers in all the wrong places... Donnie: You're right, actually. I am pretty- I'm, I'm pretty troubled and I'm, I'm pretty confused. But I... and I'm afraid. Really, really afraid. Really afraid. But I... I... I think you're the fucking Antichrist.

Kitty Farmer: Not only am I a teacher, but I am also the mother of a Middlesex child. Therefore, I am the only person here who transcends the parent-teacher bridge.

Gretchen: My mom had to get a restraining order against my step dad. He has emotional problems. Donnie: Oh, I have those too. What kind does your step dad have? Gretchen: He stabbed my mom four times in the chest. Donnie: Oh.

[Watching George Bush Snr. give a speech on TV] Edward Darko: Tell 'em, George.

Samantha Darko: What's a fuckass?

Rose Darko: Do you even know who Graham Greene is? Kitty Farmer: I think we've all seen Bonanza.

Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff: I am not going to be able to continue this conversation Donnie: Why? Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff: I could lose my job.

Cherita Chen: Chut up.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: If the sky were to suddenly open up, there would be no law, there would be no rule. There would only be you and your memories.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: If this world were to end, there would only be you... and him... and no one else.

Memories last forever, never do they die. Friends stay together, never say goodbye.
Melina Campos

God gave us our relatives, thank God we can choose our friends.
Ethel Watts Mumford



Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.
Francesco Guicciardini