Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le Quotes(2001)
The Sacré-Coeur Boy: The fool looks at a finger that points at the sky.
[Mme. Wallace is reading an old letter from her long-deceased husband.]
Mme. Wallace: “When my sweet little weasel appears at the station…” Did anyone ever write you like that?
Amélie: No. I’m nobody’s little weasel.
Eva: Times are hard for dreamers.
Amélie Poulain: At least you’ll never be a vegetable — even artichokes have hearts.
Hipolito, The Writer: Without you, today’s emotions would be the scurf of yesterday’s.
Amélie: It’s better to help people than garden gnomes.
[Amélie hands a begger some money]
Beggar: Sorry madam, I don’t work on Sundays.
Man in photo: She is in love.
Nino Quincampoix: I don’t even know her!
Man in photo: Oh, you know her.
Nino Quincampoix: Since when?
Man in photo: Since always.
Man in photo: In your dreams.
Joseph: You’re gorgeous when you blush. Like a wild flower.
Georgette: [shaking head] It’s my dyspepsia.
Amélie Poulain: I had two heart attacks, an abortion, did crack… while I was pregnant. Other than that, I’m fine. [to her father, who is not paying attention]
Newsstand Woman: A woman without love is like a flower without sun; she wilts.
Raymond Dufayel aka Glass Man: Lady Di! Lady Di! Renoir!
Amélie: I’m busy
Narrator: September 28th, 1997. It is exactly 11am. At the funfair, near the ghost train, the marshmallow twister is twisting. Meanwhile, on a bench in Villette Square, Félix Lerbier learns there are more links in his brain than atoms in the universe. Meanwhile, at the Sacré Coeur, the nuns are practising their backhand. The temperature is 24°C, humidity 70%, atmospheric pressure 990 millibars.
Amélie Poulain: [whispering in theater] I like to look for things no one else catches. I hate the way drivers never look at the road in old movies.
Old Man at the Two Windmills: Still, true love does exist.
Suzanne, Owner Two Windmills bar: I know. After 30 years behind a bar, I’m an expert. I’ll even give you the recipe. Take two regulars, mix them together and let them stew. It never fails.
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