The English Patient quotes
81 total quotesKatharine Clifton
Kirpal Singh (Kip)
Madox
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I'm going to suprise her. It's our anniversary. She's forgotten, of course. [to Madox]
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I have come to love that little tap of the fingernail against the syringe. Tap… Tap… Tap. [to Caravaggio]
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It wouldn't be make believe if you believed in me. [Almásy singing the tune It's Only a Paper Moon (by Harold Arlen, Billy Rose, and E. Y. Harburg)]
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I'm not agreeing. Don't think I'm agreeing, because I'm not. [to Katharine]
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This a different world is what I tell myself; a different life. And here I'm a different wife. [to Almásy]
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Why did you hate me? Don't you know you drove everybody mad? [to Almásy]
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Look. See? Move that — and no more Bach. [to Hana after playing the piano]
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In Italy, there's always chickens, but no eggs. In Africa there's eggs, but never chickens. Who separated them?
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I long for the rain on my face. [to Hana]
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This is what I do. I do this every day. [to Hana]
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There was a result to what you did! [to Almásy]
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Hana was just telling me that you were indifferent. . . to her cooking. [to Kip]
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In case you're still wondering, This is called a supersternal notch. points to notch at base of throat [to Almasy]
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I can't do this anymore. [to Almásy]
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Mrs. Clifton. . . I believe you still have my book. [to Katharine]