Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Quotes
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Joel: [voice over] random thoughts for Valentine's day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap.
Joel: [voice over] random thoughts for Valentine's day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap.
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Clementine: You're not a stalker, or anything, right?
Joel: I'm not a stalker. YOU'RE the one that talked to me, remember?
Clementine: That is the oldest trick in the stalker book.
Joel: Really? There's a stalker book? Great, I gotta read that one.
Joel: I'm not a stalker. YOU'RE the one that talked to me, remember?
Clementine: That is the oldest trick in the stalker book.
Joel: Really? There's a stalker book? Great, I gotta read that one.
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Joel: Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.
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Joel: Can you hear me? I don't want this any more! I want to call it off!
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Joel : Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.
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Clementine : This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.
Joel : I know.
Clementine : What do we do?
Joel : Enjoy it.
Joel : I know.
Clementine : What do we do?
Joel : Enjoy it.
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[ Clementine and Joel have broken into an empty house on the Montauk beach ]
Joel : I think we should go.
Clementine : No, it's our house! Just for tonight... [ she looks at an envelope on the counter ]
Clementine : ...we are David and Ruth Laskin. Which one do you want to be? I prefer to be Ruth, but I'm flexible.
Joel : I think we should go.
Clementine : No, it's our house! Just for tonight... [ she looks at an envelope on the counter ]
Clementine : ...we are David and Ruth Laskin. Which one do you want to be? I prefer to be Ruth, but I'm flexible.
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Joel : Is there any risk of brain damage?
Howard : Well, technically speaking, the operation is brain damage, but it's on a par with a night of heavy drinking. Nothing you'll miss.
Howard : Well, technically speaking, the operation is brain damage, but it's on a par with a night of heavy drinking. Nothing you'll miss.
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Patrick : You know that girl we did last week? The one with the potatoes.
Stan : That girl? Yeah, that's this guy's girl.
Patrick : Yeah.
Stan : Right... Was. Took care of that.
Patrick : Well uh, I kind of fell in love with her that night.
Stan : What? You little fuck!
Patrick : What?
Stan : She was unconscious, man.
Patrick : Well, she was beautiful and... I stole a pair of her panties as well.
Stan : Jesus!
Patrick : What? It's not like - I mean they were clean and all.
Stan : Don't tell me this stuff! I don't wanna hear this shit!
Stan : That girl? Yeah, that's this guy's girl.
Patrick : Yeah.
Stan : Right... Was. Took care of that.
Patrick : Well uh, I kind of fell in love with her that night.
Stan : What? You little fuck!
Patrick : What?
Stan : She was unconscious, man.
Patrick : Well, she was beautiful and... I stole a pair of her panties as well.
Stan : Jesus!
Patrick : What? It's not like - I mean they were clean and all.
Stan : Don't tell me this stuff! I don't wanna hear this shit!
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Clementine : You know me, I'm impulsive.
Joel : That's what I love about you.
Joel : That's what I love about you.
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Joel : I can't see anything that I don't like about you.
Clementine : But you will! But you will. You know, you will think of things. And I'll get bored with you and feel trapped because that's what happens with me.
Joel : Okay.
Clementine : [ pauses ] Okay.
Joel : I can't see anything that I don't like about you.
Clementine : But you will! But you will. You know, you will think of things. And I'll get bored with you and feel trapped because that's what happens with me.
Joel : Okay.
Clementine : [ pauses ] Okay.
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Clementine : Maybe you can find yourself a nice antique rocking chair to die in.
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Clementine : Hi!
Joel : Excuse me?
Clementine : I just said hi.
Joel : Oh! Hi, hello.
Clementine : I'm Clementine... No jokes about my name.
Joel : I don't know any jokes about your name.
Clementine : Huckleberry Hound.
Joel : I don't know what that is.
Clementine : Huckleberry Hound! [ singing ]
Clementine : Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine.
Joel : I don't know what that means.
Clementine : Are you NUTS?
Joel : It's been suggested.
Joel : Excuse me?
Clementine : I just said hi.
Joel : Oh! Hi, hello.
Clementine : I'm Clementine... No jokes about my name.
Joel : I don't know any jokes about your name.
Clementine : Huckleberry Hound.
Joel : I don't know what that is.
Clementine : Huckleberry Hound! [ singing ]
Clementine : Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine.
Joel : I don't know what that means.
Clementine : Are you NUTS?
Joel : It's been suggested.
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Howard : ...Our files are confidential Mr. Barish so we can't show you any evidence. Suffice it to say, Miss Kruczynski was not happy and she wanted to move on. We provide that possibility.
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Joel : [ in the house on the beach ] I really should go! I've gotta catch my ride.
Clementine : So go.
Joel : I did. I thought maybe you were a nut... but you were exciting.
Clementine : I wish you had stayed.
Joel : I wish I had stayed too. NOW I wish I had stayed. I wish I had done a lot of things. I wish I had... I wish I had stayed. I do.
Clementine : Well I came back downstairs and you were gone!
Joel : I walked out, I walked out the door!
Clementine : Why?
Joel : I don't know. I felt like I was a scared little kid, I was like... it was above my head, I don't know.
Clementine : You were scared?
Joel : Yeah. I thought you knew that about me. I ran back to the bonfire, trying to outrun my humiliation.
Clementine : Was it something I said?
Joel : Yeah, you said "so go." With such disdain, you know?
Clementine : Oh, I'm sorry.
Joel : It's okay. [ Walking Out ]
Clementine : Joely? What if you stayed this time?
Joel : I walked out the door. There's no memory left.
Clementine : Come back and make up a good-bye at least. Let's pretend we had one. [ Joel comes back ]
Clementine : Bye Joel.
Joel : I love you...
Clementine : Meet me... in Montauk...
Clementine : So go.
Joel : I did. I thought maybe you were a nut... but you were exciting.
Clementine : I wish you had stayed.
Joel : I wish I had stayed too. NOW I wish I had stayed. I wish I had done a lot of things. I wish I had... I wish I had stayed. I do.
Clementine : Well I came back downstairs and you were gone!
Joel : I walked out, I walked out the door!
Clementine : Why?
Joel : I don't know. I felt like I was a scared little kid, I was like... it was above my head, I don't know.
Clementine : You were scared?
Joel : Yeah. I thought you knew that about me. I ran back to the bonfire, trying to outrun my humiliation.
Clementine : Was it something I said?
Joel : Yeah, you said "so go." With such disdain, you know?
Clementine : Oh, I'm sorry.
Joel : It's okay. [ Walking Out ]
Clementine : Joely? What if you stayed this time?
Joel : I walked out the door. There's no memory left.
Clementine : Come back and make up a good-bye at least. Let's pretend we had one. [ Joel comes back ]
Clementine : Bye Joel.
Joel : I love you...
Clementine : Meet me... in Montauk...
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Clementine : Well, I came back down stairs and you were gone.
Joel : I walked out. I walked out the door.
Clementine : Why?
Joel : I don't know. I felt like a scared little kid. I was like... it was - it was above my head. I don't know.
Clementine : You were scared?
Joel : Yeah. I thought you knew that about me. I ran back to the bonfire trying to outrun my humiliation, I think.
Clementine : Was it something I said?
Joel : Yeah. You said "So go"... with such disdain, ya' know?
Clementine : Oh, I'm sorry.
Joel : It's ok.
Joel : I walked out. I walked out the door.
Clementine : Why?
Joel : I don't know. I felt like a scared little kid. I was like... it was - it was above my head. I don't know.
Clementine : You were scared?
Joel : Yeah. I thought you knew that about me. I ran back to the bonfire trying to outrun my humiliation, I think.
Clementine : Was it something I said?
Joel : Yeah. You said "So go"... with such disdain, ya' know?
Clementine : Oh, I'm sorry.
Joel : It's ok.
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Clementine : [ Clem arrives home to see Patrick waiting for her ] Patrick, get the fuck away from me.
Patrick : What's wrong?
Clementine : Get the fuck away!
Patrick : Do you wanna talk about it?
Clementine : NO! Get the fuck away!
Patrick : What's wrong?
Clementine : Get the fuck away!
Patrick : Do you wanna talk about it?
Clementine : NO! Get the fuck away!
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Patrick : Baby, whats wrong?
Clementine : I don't know! I DON'T KNOW! I'm lost! I'm scared! I feel like I'm disappearing! MY SKIN'S COMING OFF! I'M GETTING OLD! Nothing makes any sense to me! NOTHING MAKES ANY SENSE!
Clementine : I don't know! I DON'T KNOW! I'm lost! I'm scared! I feel like I'm disappearing! MY SKIN'S COMING OFF! I'M GETTING OLD! Nothing makes any sense to me! NOTHING MAKES ANY SENSE!
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Clementine : HEY! Lets go out dancing! You want to go out to Montauk with me?
Patrick : Montauk?
Clementine : Yeah, NO! Come out to Boston with me!
Patrick : Sure, we can go next weekend.
Clementine : NO! Now! Now! I have to go see the frozen Charles NOW!
Patrick : Montauk?
Clementine : Yeah, NO! Come out to Boston with me!
Patrick : Sure, we can go next weekend.
Clementine : NO! Now! Now! I have to go see the frozen Charles NOW!
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Joel : Can you hear me? I don't want this any more! I want to call it off!
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Joel : Sand is overrated. It's just tiny, little rocks.
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Mary : Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders. [ they click glasses ]
Mary : Nietzsche. Beyond Good and Evil. Found it in my Bartlett's.
Mary : Nietzsche. Beyond Good and Evil. Found it in my Bartlett's.
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[ Clementine is trying to comfort baby Joel by showing him her crotch ]
Clementine : My crotch is still here, just as you remembered it.
Joel : Yuck!
Clementine : My crotch is still here, just as you remembered it.
Joel : Yuck!
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Joel : [ narration as Clementine acknowledges him by raising her coffee mug ] Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who shows me the least bit of attention?
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[ Mary reads to Dr. Mierzwiak out of "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations"; the lines are from Alexander Pope's poem "Eloisa to Abelard" ]
Mary : How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! / The world forgetting, by the world forgot / Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! / Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd.
Mary : How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! / The world forgetting, by the world forgot / Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! / Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd.
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Joel : Hi.
Clementine : Hi. Didn't figure you'd show your face around me again. I guess I thought you were... humiliated. You did run away, after all.
Joel : I just needed to see you.
Clementine : Yeah?
Joel : I'd like to, um... take you out, or something.
Clementine : You're married.
Joel : Not yet, not married. No, I'm not married.
Clementine : Look man, I'm telling you right off the bat, I'm high-maintainance, so... I'm not gonna tip-toe around your marriage, or whatever it is you've got goin' there. If you wanna be with me, you're with me.
Joel : Okay.
Clementine : Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a fucked-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours.
Joel : I remember that speech really well.
Clementine : I had you pegged, didn't I?
Joel : You had the whole human race pegged.
Clementine : Hmm. Probably.
Joel : I still thought you were gonna save my life... even after that.
Clementine : Ohhh... I know.
Joel : It would be different, if we could just give it another go-round.
Clementine : Remember me. Try your best; maybe we can.
Clementine : Hi. Didn't figure you'd show your face around me again. I guess I thought you were... humiliated. You did run away, after all.
Joel : I just needed to see you.
Clementine : Yeah?
Joel : I'd like to, um... take you out, or something.
Clementine : You're married.
Joel : Not yet, not married. No, I'm not married.
Clementine : Look man, I'm telling you right off the bat, I'm high-maintainance, so... I'm not gonna tip-toe around your marriage, or whatever it is you've got goin' there. If you wanna be with me, you're with me.
Joel : Okay.
Clementine : Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a fucked-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours.
Joel : I remember that speech really well.
Clementine : I had you pegged, didn't I?
Joel : You had the whole human race pegged.
Clementine : Hmm. Probably.
Joel : I still thought you were gonna save my life... even after that.
Clementine : Ohhh... I know.
Joel : It would be different, if we could just give it another go-round.
Clementine : Remember me. Try your best; maybe we can.
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Joel : I could die right now, Clem. I'm just... happy. I've never felt that before. I'm just exactly where I want to be.
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