Donnie Darko [To Sherita Chen]
I promise, that one day, everything's going to be better for you.
Most-quoted character in Donnie Darko (2001): in 32 of its 63 quotes
Most scenes with: Dr. Lilian Thurman (5), Gretchen Ross (4), Frank (4)
Dear Roberta Sparrow, I have reached the end of your book and... there are so many things that I need to ask you. Sometimes I'm afraid of what you might tell me. Sometimes I'm afraid that you'll tell me that this is not a work of fiction. I can only hope that the answers will come to me in my sleep. I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to.
More lines from Donnie Darko
5 quotes Donnie Darko Donnie Darko No. [laugh] I don't think about **** my family... that's gross.
Donnie Darko They say it right when they flood the house and they tear it to shreds, that destruction is a form of creation. So the fact that they burn the money is ironic. They just want to see what happens when they tear the world apart. They want to change things.
Donnie Darko [reading his poem in class]
A storm is coming, Frank says / A storm that will swallow the children / And I will deliver them from the kingdom of pain / I will deliver the children back to their doorsteps / And send the monsters back to the underground / I'll send them back to a place where no-one else can see them / Except for me / Because I am Donnie Darko.
Donnie Darko [to Cunningham]
And I'm afraid, really afraid... really afraid but I... I think you're the **** Antichrist.
Scenes with Donnie Darko
26 scenes
Donnie Darko? What the hell kind of name is that? It's like some sort of superhero or something.
Donnie What makes you think I'm not?
You're weird.
Donnie Sorry.
No, that was a compliment.
Do you still think about girls a lot?
Donnie [Under hypnosis]
Yeah.
How are things going at school?
Donnie I think about girls a lot.
I asked you about school, Donnie.
Donnie I think about **** a lot, in school.
What else do you think about, when you're at school?
Donnie Married With Children.
Do you think about your family?
Donnie I just turn down the volume and think about **** Christina Applegate.
I asked you about your family.
Donnie [Chuckling]
No, I don't think about **** my family, that's gross.
My mom had to get a restraining order against my step dad. He has emotional problems.
Donnie Oh, I have those too. What kind of emotional problems does your dad have?
He stabbed my mom four times in the chest ...
Donnie Oh.
Donnie How do you do that?
I can do anything I want. And so can you.
Donnie I made a new friend today.
Real or imaginary?
Donnie Imaginary.
Sean Smith
Beer and pussy. That's all I need.
Ronald Fisher Well we gotta find ourselves a Smurfette.
Sean Smith
Smurfette?
Ronald Fisher Mmm-hmm [gulps beer]. Not some like tight-ass Middlesex chick, y'know? Like this cute little blonde that'll get down and dirty with the guys. Like Smurfette does.
Sean Smith
[Nods Agreement]
Hmm.
Donnie Smurfette doesn't ****.
Ronald Fisher That's bullshit. Smurfette ****s all the other Smurfs. Why do you think Papa Smurf made her? It's because all the other Smurfs were getting too horny.
Sean Smith
No, no, no, not Vanity. I heard he was a homosexual.
Ronald Fisher Okay well you know what then, she ****s them while Vanity watches, okay?
Sean Smith
Well what about Papa Smurf? I mean, he must get into all the action.
Ronald Fisher Yeah. What he does: He films the gangbang, later on...he beats off to the tape.
Donnie [earnestly]
First of all: Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette - Gargamel did! She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gangbang scenario - Huh! I - it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual, th-they don't even have...reproductive organs under those little...white...pants. That's what's so illogical, y'know, about being a Smurf. Y'know what's the point of living... if you don't have a dick?
Sean Smith
[sighs]
Dammit Donnie wh-why you gotta get so smart on us?
Donnie Ling Ling finds a wallet on the ground filled with money. She takes the wallet to the address on the driver's license but keeps the money inside the wallet. <Scoffs> I-'m sorry Mrs. Farmer. I don't get this.
Just place an X on the Life Line in the appropriate place.
Donnie No, I mean I know what to do, I just don't get this. You can't just lump things into two categories. Things aren't that simple.
The Life Line is divided that way.
Donnie Life isn't that simple. I mean who cares if Ling Ling returns the wallet and keeps the money? It has nothing to do with either fear or love.
Fear and love are the deepest of human emotions.
Donnie Okay. But you're not listening to me. There are other things that need to be taken into account. Like the whole spectrum of human emotion. You can't just lump everything into these two categories and then just deny everything else.
If you don't complete the assignment you'll get a zero for the day.
Donnie [Donnie tries to kiss Gretchen and she pulls away]
Well I-I, sorry I...
Donnie wait...
Donnie I like you a lot...
I just want it to be... at a time when... it...
Donnie When what?
When it reminds me just...
Donnie When it reminds you of how beautiful the world can be?
Yeah... [turns her head] and right now there's some fat guy over there staring at us.
Donnie Well look, um... uh... you wanna go with me?
Where do you wanna go?
Donnie No, I mean like go with me, like you know... like, that's what we call it here... going together...
Sure
Donnie [pauses for a moment, turns and walks away]
Ok-hey where're you going?
I'm going home.
Samantha Darko Why do I have to sleep with Donnie? He stinks.
Donnie When you fall asleep tonight, I'm gonna fart in your face.
Donnie Do you want your sister to lose weight? Tell her to get off the couch, stop eating twinkies and maybe go out for field hockey. You know what? No one ever knows what they want to be when they grow up. You know it takes a little, little while to find that out, right, Jim? And you... yeah, you. Sick of some jerk shoving your head down the toilet? Well, you know what? Maybe... you should lift some weights, or uh, take a karate lesson and the next time he tries to do it, you kick him in the balls.
Jim Cunningham Son... DO YOU SEE THIS? This is an Anger Prisoner. A textbook example. DO YOU SEE THE FEAR, PEOPLE? This boy is scared to death of the truth. Son, it breaks my heart to say this, but I believe you are a very troubled and confused young man. I believe you are searching for the answers in all the wrong places...
Donnie You're right, actually. I am pretty- I'm, I'm pretty troubled and I'm, I'm pretty confused. But I. . .and I'm afraid. Really, really afraid. Really afraid. But I... I... I think you're the **** Antichrist.
Donnie [taking a cigarette at the bus stop]
What will happen if you tell mom about this?
Samantha Darko You'll put Ariel in the garbage disposal.
Donnie Goddamn right I will.
Sean Smith
Good shit, eh?
Donnie Dude, it's a **** cigarette.
Donnie My parents didn't get me what I wanted for Christmas.
What did you want?
Donnie Hungry Hungry Hippos.
Dr. Thurman
And how did you feel, being denied these hungry, hungry hippos?
Donnie Regret.
[Donnie is under hypnosis by his therapist]
What else makes you feel regret, Donnie?
Donnie [suddenly breaking into a wide grin]
That I did it again...
Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff I am not going to be able to continue this conversation
Donnie Why?
Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff I could lose my job.
Elizabeth I'm voting for Dukakis.
Perhaps when you have children of your own that need braces, and you can't afford them because half of your husband's paycheck goes to the federal government, you'll regret that decision.
Elizabeth I'm not gonna squeeze one out until I'm thirty.
Donnie Will you still be working at Yarn Barn 'cause that's a great place to raise children.
Elizabeth Darko Donnie, you're such a dick.
Donnie Whoa, Elizabeth! A little hostile there. Maybe you should be the one in therapy. So Mom and Dad can pay someone $200 an hour to listen to all your thoughts, so we don't have to.
Elizabeth OK, you want to tell Mom and Dad why you stopped taking your medication?
Donnie You're such a ****ass!
Elizabeth What?!
Please.
Elizabeth Did you just call me a “****ass”?
Elizabeth, that's enough.
Elizabeth You can go suck a ****.
Donnie Oh please tell me, Elizabeth, how exactly does one suck a ****?
Elizabeth You want me to tell you?
We will not have THIS at the dinner table.
Donnie Please, tell me... I'm all ears.
Samantha [everyone pauses]
What's a ****ass?
Donnie Darko Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit?
Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?
Donnie How's it feel to have a wacko for a son?
It feels wonderful.
Donnie Frank, when's this gonna stop?
You should already know that.
Do you feel alone right now?
Donnie I... I don't know... I mean, I'd like to believe that I'm not, but I just... I've just never seen any proof, so I... I just don't debate it anymore. You know, it's like I could spend my whole life debating it over and over again, weighting the pro's and con's and in the end, I still wouldn't have any proof, so I just... I just don't debate it anymore. Heh, it's absurd...
Dr. Thurman
The search for God is absurd?
Donnie It is if everyone dies alone.
Dr. Thurman
Does that scare you?
Donnie I don't wanna be alone.
What did Roberta Sparrow say to you?
Donnie She said "Every living creature on earth dies alone".
Seth Devlin [Seth is holding a knife to Donnie's throat as a car approaches along the road]
Did you call the **** cops?
Donnie Deus ex machina.
Seth Devlin What did you say? What the **** did you just say?
Donnie Our saviour.
[Under hypnosis by Dr. Lilian Thurman]
:
What else makes you feel regret?
Donnie [grins]
That I did it again.
You did it again?
Donnie I flooded my school, and I burned down that pervert's house! [laughs] I've only got a few more days left before they catch me!
Did Frank...tell you to do these things?
Donnie I have to obey him, he saved my life! I have to obey him...or else I'll be left all alone. And then...then I won't be able to figure out what this is all about. I won't be able to kn...know his master plan.
Do you mean...God's master plan? Do you now...believe in God?
Donnie I have the power to build a time machine.
How is that possible? [Donnie starts sniffling] How is...time travel...possible?
Donnie The world is coming to an end...
When is this going to happen?
Donnie S...s...soon! [sniffling]
Donnie Frank is going to kill...
Who is he going to kill? Who is he going to kill, Donnie?
Donnie [looks up]
I CAN SEE HIM RIGHT NOW!! [Frank is standing in front of him. Donnie gets a few disturbing visions]
Donnie Sky is coming open...
If the sky were to suddenly open up, there would be no law, there would be no rule. There would only be you and your memories. If this world were to end, there would only be you... and him... and no one else.
[Discussing Watership Down]
This could be the death of an entire way of life, the end of an era...
Donnie Why should we care?
Because the rabbits are us, Donnie.
Donnie Why should I mourn for a rabbit like he was human?
Are you saying that the death of one species is less tragic than another?
Donnie Of course. The rabbit's not like us. It has no... keen look at something in the mirror, it has no history books, no photographs, no knowledge of sorrow or regret... I mean, I'm sorry, Miss Pomeroy, don't get me wrong; y'know, I like rabbits and all. They're cute and they're horny. And if you're cute and you're horny, then you're probably happy, in that you don't know who you are and why you're even alive. And you just wanna' have sex, as many times as possible, before you die... I mean, I just don't see the point in crying over a dead rabbit! Y'know, who... who never even feared death to begin with.
[Handing a copy of Watership Down to Donnie]
Why don't you and Frank read this one together.
28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds. That is when the world will end.
Donnie Why?
