Alice quotes from Cat People (1942)

Oliver

You know, it's a funny thing, I've never been unhappy before. Things have always gone swell for me. I had a grand time as a kid, lots of fun at school, here at the office with you and the Commodore and Doc. That's why I don't know what to do about all this, I've just never been unhappy...
Alice): I can't help it. I just can't help it. I can't bear to see you unhappy. I love you too darn much, and I don't care if you do know it, Ollie. I love you. I'm sorry, forget it. There's Irena - you're in love with her.

Oliver

I don't know. All this trouble has made me think, I don't know what love really is. I don't know even whether I'm in love with Irena.

Alice

I know what love is. It's understanding. It's you and me and let the rest of the world go by. It's just the two of us living our lives together, happily and proudly. No self-torture and no doubt. It's enduring and it's everlasting. Nothing can change it. Nothing can change us, Ollie. That's what I think love is.

Oliver

Well, that's not the way I feel about Irena. It's a different feeling. I'm drawn to her. There's a warmth from her that pulls at me. I have to watch her when she's in the room. I have to touch her when she's near. But I don't really know her. In many ways, we're strangers.

Alice

You and I - [she grasps his hand] - we'll never be strangers.

Oliver

You cold?

Alice

A cat just walked over my grave.

Alice

How much do you believe about the cat people?

Dr. Judd

I believe...exactly as I told Mrs. Reed. The story is a product of her own fear - her own overworked imagination.

Alice

Twice, I've been followed by something that was not human, something that attempted to take my life. I believe that was the cat form of Irena.

Dr. Judd

Why should she wish to harm you?

Alice

Because I'm in love with her husband.

Dr. Judd

Oh, my dear Miss Moore, the story grows more and more charming, simpler too, all the time. You're both victims of fear. Mrs. Reed fears the past and you fear the present. Mrs. Reed has a very strong imagination and you have an equally strong conscience. To understand this, I should first have to hear Mrs. Reed's version of the story myself. That should be a most interesting interview.

Alice

I shouldn't advise you to see her alone.

Dr. Judd

Do you think I'm afraid of so charming a lady?

Alice

Dr. Judd, I know you don't believe me, but you must be careful.

Dr. Judd

You want me to carry some means of protection - a gun, perhaps, with a silver bullet? Is that what you mean?

Alice

If you're lucky enough to have one.

Dr. Judd

Hmmm. Of course, uh. [He displays the sword within his cane] This isn't silver.