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"I'm already reeling, Mother. Shouldn't Victoria Everglot be marrying a lord or something?"
"I-I-I do apologize, Miss Everglot. How rude of me to...Well...Excuse me."
"Victoria, t-tomorrow, we are to be... [struggles to say "married"] mmmm...mmmm...mmmm... [Victoria: "Married"?] Yes. Ha. m-m-married."
"Sir, I beg you to help. It means so much to me...us."
"I've got a...I've got a dwarf, and I'm not afraid to use him!"
"[trying to practice his vows] With this hand, I will cup your... [unconsciously holds hands before his chest in a suggestive manner, and is then horrified] Oh goodness, no. With this candle, I will...I will... [loses confidence] I will set your mother on fire. [looking at the flowers Victoria gave him, and begins to have confidence] With this hand, I will lift your sorrows. Your cup will never be empty, for I will be your wine. Ah, Mrs. Everglot. You look ravishing this evening. What's that, Mr. Everglot? Call you "dad"? If you insist, sir. With this candle, I will light your way in darkness. With this ring, I ask you to be mine."
"Please, there's been a mistake! I'm not dead!"
"You should've seen him with fur."
"[to the ghost of Scraps] Play dead...Oh, sorry."
"Mother never approved of Scraps jumping up like this. But then again, she never approved of anything."
"If I touch a burning candle, I can feel no pain. If you cut me with a knife, it's still the same. And I know her heart is beating, and I know that I am dead; yet the pain here that I feel, try and tell me it's not real, and it seems that I still have a tear to shed."
"Isn't the view beautiful? It takes my breath away. Well, it would if I had any"
"We need to go up. Upstairs? To visit the land of the living."
"I've spent so long in the darkness, I'd almost forgotten how beautiful the moonlight is."
"[after her hand escapes her arm and dances up Victor's arm] Pardon my enthusiasm."
"If I touch a burning candle I can feel no pain. In the ice or in the sun it's all the same. And I feel my heart is aching, though it doesn't beat it's breaking. Yet the pain here that I feel...try and tell me it's not real. And I know that I am dead. It seems that I still have some tears to shed."
"Or perhaps he does belong with her, Little Miss Living, with her rosy cheeks and beating heart."
"I was a bride. My dreams were taken from me. Well now...now I've stolen them from someone else. I love you, Victor. But you are not mine."
"[to Victor] Out of the way, you ninny!"
"There's an eye in me soup."
"[repeated line] Fetch me musket!"
"Will the mortification never cease? It will be YEARS before we can show ourselves in public again!"
"ENOUGH! This wedding cannot take place until he is properly prepared! [to Victor] Young man, learn your vows."
"What in heaven's name? Who could that be at this hour? [opens door] Miss Everglot? What are you doing here? You should be at home, prostrate with grief!"
"[after hearing about Victor and the Corpse Bride] Hmm. I believe I know the thing to do. Come with me. [snuffs out his candle by hand]"
"[about Victoria] She's speaking in tongues. Of unholy alliances! Her mind has come undone, I fear."
"I now pronounce you man and wife."
"[in front of a crowd of skeletons] Begone, ye demons from Hell! Back to the void from whence you came! You shall not enter here! Back! BACK!!!"
"What a story it is. A tragic tale of romance, passion, and a murder most foul!"
"[his eye rolls to the other side of his head] Hit it, boys. ["Remains of the Day" plays]"
"Hey! Hold on there! I love a woman with meat on her bones. Heh heh heh heh heh!"
"Why go up there when people are dying to get down here?"
"I have it. A Ukrainian Haunting Spell! Just the thing for these quick trips."
"Dearly beloved, and departed, we are gathered here today to join this man and this corpse in marriage."
"Victor would have to give up the life he had forever. He would have to repeat his vows in the Land of the Living, and drink from the Wine of Ages. This would stop his heart forever. Only then would he be free to give it to you."
"If I hadn't just been sitting in it, I would say that you've lost your mind!"
"[pushing out the Corpse Bride's eye so he can look for Victor] I'll keep an eye out for him. [spots Victor] There he goes! There he goes! He's-He's getting away! Quick! Quick, after him!"
"[to a villager] You don't know me, but I used to live in your dead mother."
"HEAR YE, HEAR YE! 10 MINUTES TO GO TILL VAN DORT'S WEDDING REHEARSAL!"
"HEAR YE, HEAR YE! REHEARSAL IN RUINS AS VAN DORT BOY CAUSES CHAOS! [sees Victor, and makes it a point to let him know] FISHY FIANCÈ COULD BE CANNED! EVERGLOTS ALL "FIRED UP" AS VAN DORT DISASTER RUINS REHEARSAL!"
"HEAR YE, HEAR YE! VICTOR VAN DORT SEEN THIS NIGHT ON THE BRIDGE IN THE ARMS OF A MYSTERY WOMAN! THE DARK-HAIRED TEMPTRESS AND MASTER VAN DORT SLIPPED AWAY INTO THE NIGHT! And now the weather: scattered showers..."
"VICTOR VAN DORT ELOPES WITH CORPSE! HEARTBROKEN BRIDE TO WED WEALTHY NEWCOMER!"
"In other news...THE DEAD WALK THE EARTH!!!"
"Rising to the occasion."
"There's been a grave misunderstanding..."
"Can a heart still break once it's stopped beating?"
"Johnny Depp as Victor Van Dort"
"Helena Bonham Carter as Emily"
"Emily Watson as Victoria Everglot"
"Tracey Ullman as Nell Van Dort"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.