Memento Quotes
[ talking on the phone about Sammy Jankis' attempts to learn through repitition ]
Leonard Shelby : Sammy had no drive, no reason to make it work. [ listens and looks at his tattoo reading "John G. raped and murdered my wife" ]
Leonard Shelby : Me? Yeah, I got a reason.
Leonard Shelby : Sammy had no drive, no reason to make it work. [ listens and looks at his tattoo reading "John G. raped and murdered my wife" ]
Leonard Shelby : Me? Yeah, I got a reason.
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Natalie : You know what? I think I'm gonna use you. I'm telling you now because I'll enjoy it so much more if I know that you could stop me if you weren't such a fucking freak!
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Natalie : You sad, sad freak. I can say whatever the fuck I want, and you won't remember. We'll still be best friends. Or maybe even lovers.
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[ about Leonard's condition ]
Burt Hadley : What's it like?
Leonard Shelby : It's like waking. Like you just woke up.
Burt Hadley : That must suck.
Burt Hadley : What's it like?
Leonard Shelby : It's like waking. Like you just woke up.
Burt Hadley : That must suck.
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Natalie : Is that what your little note says? It must be hard living your life off a couple of scraps of paper. You mix your laundry list with your grocery list you'll end up eating your underwear for breakfast.
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Teddy : Was he scared?
Leonard Shelby : Yeah, I think it was your sinister moustache.
Teddy : Fuck you.
Leonard Shelby : Yeah, I think it was your sinister moustache.
Teddy : Fuck you.
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Leonard Shelby : I take it I've told you about my condition.
Teddy : Only every time I see ya.
Teddy : Only every time I see ya.
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Teddy : [ checking Leonard's pulse ] You're living.
Leonard Shelby : Only for revenge.
Leonard Shelby : Only for revenge.
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Leonard Shelby : There are things you know for sure.
Natalie : Such as?
Leonard Shelby : I know what that's going to sound like when I knock on it. I know that's what going to feel like when I pick it up. See? Certainties. It's the kind of memory that you take for granted.
Natalie : Such as?
Leonard Shelby : I know what that's going to sound like when I knock on it. I know that's what going to feel like when I pick it up. See? Certainties. It's the kind of memory that you take for granted.
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Leonard Shelby : Beg my wife's forgiveness, before I blow [ pause ]
Leonard Shelby : your brains out.
Leonard Shelby : your brains out.
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Leonard Shelby : Probably burned truck loads of your stuff before. Can't remember to forget you.
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[ Leonard hits Teddy in the back of his head with his camera ]
Teddy : Lenny! That shit kills!
Teddy : Lenny! That shit kills!
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Leonard Shelby : I'm not a killer. I'm just someone who wanted to make things right. Can't I just let myself forget what you've told me? Can't I just let myself forget what you've made me do. You think I just want another puzzle to solve? Another John G. to look for? You're John G. So you can be my John G... Will I lie to myself to be happy? In your case Teddy... yes I will.
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Natalie : You know what one of the reasons for short term memory loss is? Venereal disease. Maybe your cunt of fucking a wife sucked one too many diseased cocks and turned you into a fucking retard.
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Leonard Shelby : If we talk for too long, I'll forget how we started. Next time I see you, I'm not gonna remember this conversation. I don't even know if I've met you before. [ pause ]
Leonard Shelby : I've told you this before, haven't I?
Leonard Shelby : I've told you this before, haven't I?
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Natalie : Get rid of Dodd for me. Kill him. I'll pay you.
Leonard Shelby : Are you crazy? I'm not gonna kill someone for money.
Natalie : What then? Love? What would you kill for? You'd kill for your wife, wouldn't you?
Leonard Shelby : That's different!
Natalie : Not to me, I wasn't fucking married to her!
Leonard Shelby : Are you crazy? I'm not gonna kill someone for money.
Natalie : What then? Love? What would you kill for? You'd kill for your wife, wouldn't you?
Leonard Shelby : That's different!
Natalie : Not to me, I wasn't fucking married to her!
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Leonard Shelby : Hi. Uh, Lincoln Street?
Waiter : Oh, you just take the main road...
Leonard Shelby : Hang on, let me write this down.
Waiter : Oh, it's easy. You just...
Leonard Shelby : Trust me, I need to write this down.
Waiter : Oh, you just take the main road...
Leonard Shelby : Hang on, let me write this down.
Waiter : Oh, it's easy. You just...
Leonard Shelby : Trust me, I need to write this down.
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Sammy Jankis : [ after being shocked ] What the fuck?
Doctor : It's a test, Sammy.
Sammy Jankis : [ flipping him the bird ] Test this, you fucking quack!
Doctor : It's a test, Sammy.
Sammy Jankis : [ flipping him the bird ] Test this, you fucking quack!
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Leonard Shelby : It's just an anonymous room. There's nothing in the drawers. But you look anyway. Nothing except the Gideon bible, which I, of course, read religiously.
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Natalie : Tell me about her again.
Leonard Shelby : Why?
Natalie : Because you like to remember her.
Leonard Shelby : She was beautiful. To me, she was perfect.
Natalie : No, don't just recite the words. Close your eyes... and remember her.
Leonard Shelby : You can just feel the details. The bits and pieces you never bothered to put into words. And you can feel these extreme moments... even if you don't want to. You put these together, and you get the feel of a person. Enough to know how much you miss them... and how much you hate the person who took them away.
Leonard Shelby : Why?
Natalie : Because you like to remember her.
Leonard Shelby : She was beautiful. To me, she was perfect.
Natalie : No, don't just recite the words. Close your eyes... and remember her.
Leonard Shelby : You can just feel the details. The bits and pieces you never bothered to put into words. And you can feel these extreme moments... even if you don't want to. You put these together, and you get the feel of a person. Enough to know how much you miss them... and how much you hate the person who took them away.
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Leonard Shelby : When I looked into his eyes I thought I saw recognition. Now I know. You fake it. If you think you're supposed to recognize somebody you, you just pretend. You bluff it to get a pat on the head from the doctors. You bluff it to seem less like a freak.
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Teddy : So you lie to yourself to be happy. There's nothing wrong with that. We all do it.
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