Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind quotes

32 total quotes

Clementine Kruczynski
Joel Barish
Mary Svevo

View Quote Drink up young man. It'll make the whole seduction part less repugnant.

View Quote I'm always anxious thinking I'm not living my life to the fullest, y'know? Taking advantage of every possibility? Just making sure that I'm not wasting one second of the little time I have.

View Quote ...you stop listening to what is true, and what is true is constantly changing.

View Quote Meet me in Montauk.

View Quote You can't be ugly - be pretty.

View Quote I apply my personality in a paste.

View Quote I'm a vindictive little bitch, truth be told.

View Quote (quoting Alexander Pope) "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."

View Quote (quoting Friedrich Nietzsche) "Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders."

View Quote "He could wake up all half-baked and, gooey and, and half-baked... mmm, that sounds sooo good. I'm hungry."

View Quote "Adults are, like, this mess of sadness and phobias."

View Quote Clementine: Hi!
Joel: I'm sorry?
Clementine: Why?
Joel: Why what?
Clementine: Why are you sorry? I just said 'hi.'
Joel: No, I didn't know if you were talking to me, so...
Clementine: (looking around the empty car) Really?
Joel: (embarrassed) Well, I didn't want to assume.
Clementine: Aw, c'mon, live dangerously. Take the leap and assume someone is talking to you in an otherwise empty car.
Joel: Anyway. Sorry. Hi.

View Quote 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.

View Quote Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.
Joel: I know.
Clementine: What do we do?
Joel: Enjoy it.

View Quote (During Joel's exploration of a memory)
Joel: Is this how it looks?
Howard: This- this is...yeah, this is about what it should look like.