Dames Quotes
Quasimodo, the bell-ringer: [half-laughing, half-weeping] I'm about as shapeless as the man in the moon!
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Quasimodo, the bell-ringer: [sitting high in the tower of Notre Dame watching Esmeralda riding off with Gringoire, leans his check against a gargoyle] "Why was I not made of stone - like these..."
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Quasimodo: [after he and Madellaine find out that La Fidele has been stolen] Did you know about this?
Madellaine: I-I wanted to tell you, I tried.
Quasimodo: You used me!
Madellaine: No! Please!
Quasimodo: [mimicking Madellaine] "Which one is La Fidele?" "Let-Let's go for a walk". You never cared about me!
Madellaine: [protesting] No, that is not true!
Quasimodo: [storming away] You were right.
Phoebus: Quasi, I'm sorry.
[to his guards]
Phoebus: Take her away!
Madellaine: [chasing Quasi, who is still storming away back to Notre Dame] No! No, Quasi, please, just-just let me explain!
[the guards capture her]
Madellaine: Look at me! Quasimodo, just look at me!
[without another word, Quasi slams the door]
Madellaine: I-I wanted to tell you, I tried.
Quasimodo: You used me!
Madellaine: No! Please!
Quasimodo: [mimicking Madellaine] "Which one is La Fidele?" "Let-Let's go for a walk". You never cared about me!
Madellaine: [protesting] No, that is not true!
Quasimodo: [storming away] You were right.
Phoebus: Quasi, I'm sorry.
[to his guards]
Phoebus: Take her away!
Madellaine: [chasing Quasi, who is still storming away back to Notre Dame] No! No, Quasi, please, just-just let me explain!
[the guards capture her]
Madellaine: Look at me! Quasimodo, just look at me!
[without another word, Quasi slams the door]
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Quasimodo: [hollering loudly after rescuing Esmeralda from Frollo; the people answer his shouts by cheering] SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY!
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Quasimodo: [to a baby bird] Good morning.
[the baby bird chirps in greeting]
Quasimodo: Will today be the day? Are you ready to fly?
[baby bird chirps sadly]
Quasimodo: You sure? Good day to try.
[lifts the bird out of the nest]
Quasimodo: Why, if-if I picked a day to fly, oh, this would be it. The Festival of Fools.
[the baby bird chirps sadly again]
Quasimodo: It'll be fun, with jugglers, an-and music and dancing!
[the baby bird now starts flapping its wings, and flies in place as Quasimodo chuckles, until a flock of birds fly past, then the bird chirps excitedly]
Quasimodo: Go on. Nobody wants to be cooped up here forever.
[the bird now flies away to join the flock]
[the baby bird chirps in greeting]
Quasimodo: Will today be the day? Are you ready to fly?
[baby bird chirps sadly]
Quasimodo: You sure? Good day to try.
[lifts the bird out of the nest]
Quasimodo: Why, if-if I picked a day to fly, oh, this would be it. The Festival of Fools.
[the baby bird chirps sadly again]
Quasimodo: It'll be fun, with jugglers, an-and music and dancing!
[the baby bird now starts flapping its wings, and flies in place as Quasimodo chuckles, until a flock of birds fly past, then the bird chirps excitedly]
Quasimodo: Go on. Nobody wants to be cooped up here forever.
[the bird now flies away to join the flock]
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Quasimodo: Hey, you were really great up there.
Madellaine: Ah, me? Nothing to it, I just have to - stand there and look pretty, you know? La-dee-dum, ho-dee-do, no big deal.
Quasimodo: No. No, it-it-it-it *is* a big deal. You-you have to make the audience look when they're supposed to, not give away the trick.
Madellaine: Hm, you mean - hocus their pocus?
[playfully tickles Quasi, then places his hat upside down on his head]
Madellaine: Delusion their illusion?
[they both laugh]
Quasimodo: Abra their cadabra?
Madellaine: Ah, me? Nothing to it, I just have to - stand there and look pretty, you know? La-dee-dum, ho-dee-do, no big deal.
Quasimodo: No. No, it-it-it-it *is* a big deal. You-you have to make the audience look when they're supposed to, not give away the trick.
Madellaine: Hm, you mean - hocus their pocus?
[playfully tickles Quasi, then places his hat upside down on his head]
Madellaine: Delusion their illusion?
[they both laugh]
Quasimodo: Abra their cadabra?
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The Old Heretic: I'm free! I'm free!
The Old Heretic: [trips and falls into a pillory] Dang it!
The Old Heretic: [trips and falls into a pillory] Dang it!
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Victor: Maybe he's sick.
Laverne: Impossible. If twenty years of listening to you two hasn't made him sick by now, nothing will.
Laverne: Impossible. If twenty years of listening to you two hasn't made him sick by now, nothing will.
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Victor: Oh, but that poor Gypsy girl. I'm beginning to fear the worst.
Laverne: I know, but now don't you say anything to upset Quasimodo. He's worried enough already.
Hugo: Yeah, you're right. We'd better lighten up.
Laverne: Shh! Here he comes now.
Victor: Stay calm.
Laverne: Not a word.
Hugo: Easy does it.
Victor: Stone faced.
Quasimodo: Any sign of her?
Victor: [Breaks down and weeps] Oh, it's a lost cause! She could be anywhere! In the stocks, in the dungeon, on the rack! Oh God!
Laverne: Nice work, Victor.
Laverne: I know, but now don't you say anything to upset Quasimodo. He's worried enough already.
Hugo: Yeah, you're right. We'd better lighten up.
Laverne: Shh! Here he comes now.
Victor: Stay calm.
Laverne: Not a word.
Hugo: Easy does it.
Victor: Stone faced.
Quasimodo: Any sign of her?
Victor: [Breaks down and weeps] Oh, it's a lost cause! She could be anywhere! In the stocks, in the dungeon, on the rack! Oh God!
Laverne: Nice work, Victor.
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Witness to flogging: Our whipper could make him cry.
Witness to flogging: Are you saying you have a better whipper in Marseilles than we have in Paris?
Witness to flogging: Yes!
[they knock him off the steps]
Witness to flogging: Are you saying you have a better whipper in Marseilles than we have in Paris?
Witness to flogging: Yes!
[they knock him off the steps]
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"Agnès: [looking aroud her new home] Are you sure all this is necessary? If so, I accept it. But do you realize what we are in for?
Mme. D: I do. Our life was a nightmare.
Agnès: And this is a dream?
Mme. D: I do. Our life was a nightmare.
Agnès: And this is a dream?
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"Hélène: You've married a tramp. She was a cabaret dancer. You've played a trick on me and now I've played one on you.
Jean: You?
Hélène: Yes, me. You don't seem to realize where a woman's scorn can lead.
Jean: You?
Hélène: Don't be absurd. You've married a tramp. Now you must face the consequences. You're suddenly so sentimental.
Jean: You're horrid!
Hélène: Since your marriage seems to mean so much to you, you mustn't run off. Return to Agnès' side. You won't be the only one to console her. All her lovers are inside. And there are plenty of them!
Jean: You?
Hélène: Yes, me. You don't seem to realize where a woman's scorn can lead.
Jean: You?
Hélène: Don't be absurd. You've married a tramp. Now you must face the consequences. You're suddenly so sentimental.
Jean: You're horrid!
Hélène: Since your marriage seems to mean so much to you, you mustn't run off. Return to Agnès' side. You won't be the only one to console her. All her lovers are inside. And there are plenty of them!
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"Agnès: [looking aroud her new home] Are you sure all this is necessary? If so, I accept it. But do you realize what we are in for?
Mme. D: I do. Our life was a nightmare. Agnès: And this is a dream?
Mme. D: I do. Our life was a nightmare. Agnès: And this is a dream?
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Agnès: [on her new bedroom] I call this a prison.
Mme. D: Trees! You have a lovely view of the square.
Agnès: Am I allowed to look outside?
Mme. D: Trees! You have a lovely view of the square.
Agnès: Am I allowed to look outside?
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Clopin: [singing] Once a year we throw a party here in town / Once a year we turn all Paris upside-down / Every man's a king and every king's a clown / Once again it's Topsy-turvy Day!
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Esmeralda: [singing] I don't know if you can hear me / Or if you're even there / I don't know if you would listen / To a Gypsy's prayer / Yes, I know I'm just an outcast / I shouldn't speak to you / Still, I see your face and wonder / Were you once an outcast, too?
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Hélène: You've married a tramp. She was a cabaret dancer. You've played a trick on me and now I've played one on you.
Jean: You?
Hélène: Yes, me. You don't seem to realize where a woman's scorn can lead.
Jean: You?
Hélène: Don't be absurd. You've married a tramp. Now you must face the consequences. You're suddenly so sentimental.
Jean: You're horrid!
Hélène: Since your marriage seems to mean so much to you, you mustn't run off. Return to Agnès' side. You won't be the only one to console her. All her lovers are inside. And there are plenty of them!
Jean: You?
Hélène: Yes, me. You don't seem to realize where a woman's scorn can lead.
Jean: You?
Hélène: Don't be absurd. You've married a tramp. Now you must face the consequences. You're suddenly so sentimental.
Jean: You're horrid!
Hélène: Since your marriage seems to mean so much to you, you mustn't run off. Return to Agnès' side. You won't be the only one to console her. All her lovers are inside. And there are plenty of them!
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Jean: Since we met, I've felt attached to you by a string. I simply follow it.
Agnès: Is that string called indiscretion?
Agnès: Is that string called indiscretion?
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Laverne: [singing] Call me a hopeless romantic but Quasi, I feel it.
Victor: [singing] She wants you so / Any moment she'll walk through that door.
Hugo, Victor, Laverne: [singing] For...
Hugo: [singing] A guy so swell.
Hugo, Victor, Laverne: [singing] A guy like you.
Hugo: [singing] With all you bring her.
Victor, Laverne: [singing] I tell you Quasi.
Hugo: [singing] A fool could tell.
Victor, Laverne: [singing] There never was.
Hugo: [singing] It's why she fell.
Victor, Laverne: [singing] Another, was he?
Hugo: [singing] For you-know-who.
Victor, Laverne: [singing] From king to serf to the bourgeoisie.
Hugo: [singing] You ring the bell.
Victor, Laverne: [singing] They're all a second-stringer.
Hugo, Victor, Laverne: [singing] You're the bell ringer! / When she wants ooh-la-la / And she wants you la-la / She will discover, guy / You're one heck of a guy / Who wouldn't love a guy like you?
Hugo: [singing] You got a lot / The rest have not / So she's gotta love a guy like you!
Victor: [singing] She wants you so / Any moment she'll walk through that door.
Hugo, Victor, Laverne: [singing] For...
Hugo: [singing] A guy so swell.
Hugo, Victor, Laverne: [singing] A guy like you.
Hugo: [singing] With all you bring her.
Victor, Laverne: [singing] I tell you Quasi.
Hugo: [singing] A fool could tell.
Victor, Laverne: [singing] There never was.
Hugo: [singing] It's why she fell.
Victor, Laverne: [singing] Another, was he?
Hugo: [singing] For you-know-who.
Victor, Laverne: [singing] From king to serf to the bourgeoisie.
Hugo: [singing] You ring the bell.
Victor, Laverne: [singing] They're all a second-stringer.
Hugo, Victor, Laverne: [singing] You're the bell ringer! / When she wants ooh-la-la / And she wants you la-la / She will discover, guy / You're one heck of a guy / Who wouldn't love a guy like you?
Hugo: [singing] You got a lot / The rest have not / So she's gotta love a guy like you!
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Phoebus: [to Achilles] Achilles, do you believe this? Everybody is mad at me. How often does that happen?
[Achilles counts on his hoof]
Phoebus: Rhetorical!
[Achilles counts on his hoof]
Phoebus: Rhetorical!
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Phoebus: Achilles, sit!
[horse Achilles sits on the Guard's face]
Oafish Guard: Get off me!
Laverne: [to the birds] Fly, my pretties! Fly, fly!
[cackles]
[horse Achilles sits on the Guard's face]
Oafish Guard: Get off me!
Laverne: [to the birds] Fly, my pretties! Fly, fly!
[cackles]
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Quasimodo, the bell-ringer: [half-laughing, half-weeping] I'm about as shapeless as the man in the moon!
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