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"Barbara Dowling — Kathleen Haloran"
"Mother, I don't care what tragedy hangs over this family. I want to get married. I'm engaged to be married. I'm going to get married."
"Castle Haloran is a bit perplexing, a very strange place really, old and musty, the kind of place you'd expect a ghost to like to wander around in."
"The typewriter. He wouldn't forget that. He'd have to write letters on the plane. I wonder if he'll rot under water?"
"You know, the one thing in the world that really chills my bones to the marrow is when a pretty girl in a wedding dress looks at me and finds me repulsive."
"Drink's the only road to survival in this climate. Despite your useless American education, you're still Irish, you know. Drink up."
"I've known this family for a very long time. I've been aware of the atmosphere of depression and the slightly demented quality that hangs over it."
"I've discovered things in this house that make me uneasy."
"These nursery rhymes are notoriously expressive."
"Billy Haloran: [singing] Fishy, Fishy, In the brook, Daddy caught you, On a hook..."
"Kane: Sometimes I get the feeling you think I'm some sort of a Christmas Tree decoration. Hang me up and look at me on all happy days and tie me up and put me in a box when it gets gloomy."
"Simon: Forgive me, Miss. The last thing in the world old Simon would want to do is to frighten a fresh, young beauty - like yourself."
"Simon: Don't turn me over to the bulls."
"Are You Afraid of Death by Drowning?... Have You Ever Attempted Suicide?... Have you Ever Thought of Committing Murder?"
"You Must Pass the "D-13" Test To Prepare You for the Horrifying Experience of Dementia 13. If You Fail the Test...You Will Be Asked to Leave the Theater!"
"William Campbell — Richard Haloran"
"Luana Anders — Louise Haloran"
"Patrick Magee — Dr. Justin Caleb"
"Bart Patton — Billy Haloran"
"Mary Mitchell — Kane"
"Eithne Dunne — Lady Haloran"
"Peter Read — John Haloran"
"Karl Schnazer — Simon, the poacher"
"Ron Perry — Arthur"
"Derry O'Donovan — Lillian, the maid"
"I tried not to get into this war, and couldn't. Now I try to get out, and can't."
"Kevin O'Brien – Tim"
"Seán McGinley – Father Denis"
"Fiona Lawton – Lily"
"William Ruane – Johnny Gogan"
"MáirtÃn de Cógáin – Sean"
"Shane Casey – Kevin"
"Frank Bourke – Leo"
"Damien Kearney – Finbar"
"John Crean – Chris Reilly"
"Roger Allam – Sir John Hamilton"
"Martin Lucey – Congo"
"Myles Horgan – Rory"
"Mary O'Riordan – Peggy"
"Mary Murphy – Bernadette"
"Laurence Barry – Micheál Ó Súilleabháin"
"Orla Fitzgerald – Sinéad Nà Shúilleabháin"
"Liam Cunningham – Dan"
"Pádraic Delaney – Teddy O'Donovan"
"Cillian Murphy – Damien O'Donovan"
"[The IRA have just destroyed a Black-and-Tan mechanised infantry patrol] Mercenaries! That were paid to come over here to make us crawl, and to wipe us out. We've just sent a message to the British cabinet that will echo and reverberate around the world! If they bring their savagery over here, we will meet it with a savagery of our own!"
"If we ratify this treaty, all we're changing is the accents of the powerful and the colour of the flag."
"[to Sinead, about Chris] We buried him in this chapel in the mountains. And I went down and... and I told his mother. His mother, who has cooked meals for me and her son. And when I told her she... she just looked at me. and then she went in and she put on her shoes. Then she came out and she said, "Take me to my child." And we walked for six hours and she didn't say one word. Then we got to the chapel. [sighs] And I showed her the grave. And I'd put a... cross and some flowers on it. And she turned to me and she said, "I never want to see your face again." [sighs] I've crossed the line now, Sinead."
"Strange creatures we are, even to ourselves."
"Your presence here is a crime, a foreign occupation. You tell me what I'm supposed to do as a democrat. Turn the other cheek for another 700 years? Is that it?"