All Quotes

"The sort of remorse Laurent experienced was purely physical. His body, his irritated nerves and trembling frame alone were afraid of the drowned man. His conscience was for nothing in his terror. He did not feel the least regret at having killed Camille. When he was calm, when the spectre did not happen to be there, he would have committed the murder over again, had he thought his interests absolutely required it."

"In the sudden change that had come over her heart, she no longer recognised herself."

"Nothing could be more heartrending than this mute and motionless despair."

"For Madame Raquin, there was such a fathomless depth in this thought, that she could neither reason it out, nor grasp it clearly. She experienced but one sensation, that of a horrible disaster; it seemed to her that she was falling into a dark, cold hole. And she said to herself: "I shall be smashed to pieces at the bottom.""

"Like certain devotees, who fancy they will deceive the Almighty, and secure pardon by praying with their lips, and assuming the humble attitude of penitence, Thérèse displayed humility, striking her chest, finding words of repentance, without having anything at the bottom of her heart save fear and cowardice."

"After a time, she believed in the reality of this comedy."

"He knew that henceforth, all his days would resemble one another, and bring him equal suffering. And he saw the weeks, months and years gloomily and implacably awaiting him, coming one after the other to fall upon him and gradually smother him."

"Lorsque l'avenir est sans espoir, le présent prend une amertume ignoble."

"The couple fell one atop of the other, struck down, finding consolation, at last, in death."

"When a peasant begins to feel the need for instruction, he usually becomes fiercely calculating."

"The Revolution of 1848 found all the Rougons on the lookout, frustrated by their bad luck, and ready to use any means necessary to advance their cause. They were a family of bandits lying in wait, ready to plunder and steal."

"... il y avait en elle un manque d'équilibre entre le sang et les nerfs, une sorte de détraquement du cerveau et du cœur, qui la faisait vivre en dehors de la vie ordinaire, autrement que tout le monde."

"From that time onwards he seemed to feel out of place in Plassans. He would wander through the streets like a lost soul. At last he made a sudden decision, and left for Paris."

"Kings may usurp thrones, republics may be established, but the town scarcely stirs. Plassans sleeps while Paris fights."

"A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure. It will be a good thing for the Rougon family to be founded on a massacre, like many illustrious families."

"I'm going, but I'm going in the name of the Lord."

"Now he's going into a parking lot, now he's stopped. We'll see what happens here. He has stopped. This may be the end of this thing. Okay, he's out, okay now it's a foot chase. Now he's in another vehicle. Okay, okay, doors open, police, okay. Oh, jee-"

"I'm a dead man!"

"Oh Lord, my God..."

"My God, don't shoot!"

"Ὦ Κρίτων... τῷ Ἀσκληπιῷ ὀφείλομεν ἀλεκτρυόνα. ἀλλὰ ἀπόδοτε καὶ μὴ ἀμελήσητε. (Ô Krítōn... tôi Asklēpiôi opheílomen alektruóna. allà apódote kaì mḕ amelḗsēte.)"

"Refill my whiskey, please."

"It must have been the coffee."

"Not bad. I can't feel a thing."

"My name is Tris Speaker."

"My God, what's happened?"

"Capital punishment: Them without the capital get the punishment!"

"Dan liever de lucht in!"

"My vocabulary did this to me. Your love will let you go on..."

"There will be a time when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today!"

"I'm tired."

"Going southbound, sir."

"Я закончил. Я даже не доверяю себе. (Ya zakonchil. Ya dazhe ne doveryayu sebe.)"

"Get out of it! Get out of it!"

"Es lebe unser heiliges Deutschland!"

"Náða góðan daginn, ástin mín."

"What is the answer? [no response] In that case, what is the question?"

"I'm feeling much better now, Doc."

"Herr Heise, für heute reicht's."

"מרן לא תקים להון הדא חטיתא (Maran la t'qim l'hun hadhei kh'titha)"

"Do not walk quite so fast and do hold your head up Marietta."

"Does my face look strange? . . . My head! My head!"

"I'm going to go be with Gloria now."

"We're still at 2,000 feet, right?"

"Make the world better."

"We have been together for 40 years, and we will not separate now."

"Heil Hitler! Dies ist mein Purimfest 1946. Ich gehe zu Gott. Die Bolschewisten werden eines Tages Euch auch hängen."

"¡Carajo, un balazo!"

"Hang down one of my hands out of coffin. People should see that Suleyman, the sultan, has left this world empty-handed."

"Please don't let me fall."