A scene from Dirty Dancing 1987
Frances "Baby" Houseman

Johnny, I came here because my father--

Johnny Castle

No, I mean the way he saved her. I mean, I... I could never do anything like that. That was somethin'. The reason people treat me like I'm nothin' is cause I'm nothin'.

Frances "Baby" Houseman

That's not true! You, you're everything!

Johnny Castle

You don't understand the way it is, I mean for somebody like me. Last month, I'm eating Jujubes to keep alive, and this month, women are stuffing diamonds in my pocket, I'm balacing on shit as quick as that, [clicks his fingers] I could be down there again.

Frances "Baby" Houseman

No, it's not the way it is! It doesn't have to be that way.

Johnny Castle

I've never known anyone like you before. You think you can make the world better. Somebody's lost, you find them. Somebody's bleeding--

Frances "Baby" Houseman

Yeah, I go get my daddy. That was really brave, like you said.

Johnny Castle

That took a lot of guts to go to him! You are not scared of anything.

France "Baby Houseman

Me? I'm scared of everything! I'm scared of what I saw. I'm scared of what I did, of who I am. And most of all, I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life... the way I feel when I'm with you!
Note: Ranked #1 in an April 2008 list by the Daily Mail of the "most romantic movie quotes ever". Yaqoob, Tahira. "From Bogart to McGregor: The top ten most romantic movie quotes ever", Daily Mail, 2008-02-01. URL accessed on 2008-05-03.

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