"(narrating as Ana reads the contract) The following are the terms of a binding contract between the dominant and the submissive. The fundamental purpose of this contract is to allow the submissive to explore her sensuality and her limits safely. The dominant and the submissive agree and acknowledge that all that occurs under the terms of this contract will be consensual, confidential, and subject to the agreement and safety procedures set out in this contract. The submissive will agree to any sexual activity seemed fit and pleasurable by the dominant, accepting those activities outlined in hard limits. The submissive agrees to procure oral contraceptives from the physician of the dominant's choosing. The submissive will not enter into sexual relations with anyone other than the dominant. The submissive will eat regularly to maintain her health and well-being from a prescribed list of foods. The submissive will not drink to excess, smoke, or take recreational drugs. The submissive shall always conduct herself in a respectful manner to the dominant and she'll only address him as sir, Mr. Grey, or such other title as the dominant may direct. The submissive may not touch the dominant without his expressed permission to do so. The safe word "yellow" will be used to bring to the attention of the dominant that the submissive is close to her limit. When the safe word "red" is spoken, the dominant's action will cease completely and immediately."

"[to her children, referring to Joe's bedroom] Let's go see daddy's favorite place! C'mon boys! Ooh, so this is were it all happened!"

"Well, if three is a crowd, then seven must be a bit of a challenge for the pretty miss. I must say I have a hard time picturing her enjoying loneliness."

"Whatever? It must be hard, when you've got everything, to know what to say!"

"The secret ingredient to sex is love."

"That's not how this goes. Most people don't scream until I hit them."

"Mea Vulva, Mea Maxima Vulva!"

"Lars von Trier ends up hitting the G-spot of avant-garde filmmaking with a movie only he could ever make, and gives the open-minded members of the audience one of the most powerful and sensational experiences ever seen in arts."

"Udo Kier – The Waiter"

"Connie Nielsen – Katherine (Joe's mother)"

"Michaël Pas – Older Jerôme"

"Jean-Marc Barr – the Debtor Gentleman"

"Uma Thurman – Mrs. H"

"Willem Dafoe – L"

"Mia Goth – P"

"Jamie Bell – K"

"Shia LaBeouf – Jerôme Morris"

"Christian Slater – Joe's father"

"Sophie Kennedy Clark – B"

"[narrating] During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. ("The House of the Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe)"

"But you... you've fucked thousands of men."

"[to Young Joe] Would it be alright if I show the children the whoring bed? After all, they also have a stake in this event."

"It's said to be difficult to take someone's life. I would've said that it's more difficult not to. For a human being, killing is the most natural thing in the world. We're created for it."

"We elevate those who say right but mean wrong, and mock those who say wrong but mean right."

"Each time a word becomes prohibited, you remove a stone from the Democratic foundation. Society demonstrates its impotence in the face of a concrete problem by removing words from the language. And I say that society is as cowardly as the people in it, who in my opinion are also too stupid for democracy."

"Charlotte Gainsbourg – Joe (ages 35–50)"

"The human qualities can be expressed in one word: Hypocrisy. We elevate those who say "right" but mean "wrong" and mock those who say "wrong" but mean "right." By the way, I can assure you that women who claim that negros don't turn them on, they're lying."

"It's actually the souls of the trees we're seeing in the winter. In summer everything is green and idyllic but in the winter, the branches and the trunks all stand out. Just look at how crooked they all are. The branches have to carry all the leaves to the sunlight. That's one long struggle for survival."

"For me, love was just lust with jealousy added; everything else was total nonsense. For every hundred crimes committed in the name of love, only one is committed in the name of sex."

"They said that love was the secret ingredient in sex, but, to me, love was just lust, with jealousy added."

"Perhaps the only difference between me and other people is that I've always demanded more from the sunset. More spectacular colors when the sun hit the horizon. That's perhaps my only sin."

"Basically, we're all waiting for permission to die."

"Stellan Skarsgård – Seligman"

"Meghan Heffern - Miranda"

"Max Thieriot - Michael Stewart"

"R. H. Thomson - Frank"

"Nina Dobrev - Anna"

"I'm supposed to be happy you had your little midlife crisis fling?"

"Amanda Seyfried - Chloe Sweeney"

"Julianne Moore - Dr. Catherine Stewart"

"[to Chloe] This business transaction, which is what this was, is over!"

"I guess I've always been pretty good with words. In my line of business. It's as important to be able to describe what I'm doing as it is to do what I'm doing. When to say what. What words to select. Some men hate to hear certain terms. They can't stand specific moves and then they can't live without others. It's part of my job to know where to place my hand, my lips, my tongue, my leg and even my thoughts. What kind of pressure, for how long, when to stop. I can become your first kiss... or a torn out image from a Playboy magazine that you found when you were 9 years old. Am I your secretary or am I your daughter? Maybe I'm your seventh grade math teacher you always hated. All I know is that if I do it just right, I can become your living, breathing, unflinching dream, and then I can actually disappear."