The English Patient quotes

81 total quotes

Count Laszlo de AlmÃ¡sy
David Caravaggio
Geoffrey Clifton
Hana

Katharine Clifton
Kirpal Singh (Kip)
Madox
Other

View Quote Muller: [interrogating Caravaggio] Look here, for every name you give me, I'll let you keep a finger. You give me something, and you'll keep something.
Caravaggio: Don't cut me.
Muller: Are thumbs fingers? [to Lieutenant]
Muller: Ist ein Daumen ein Finger?
Interrogation Room Soldier: [phone rings] Telefon.
Muller: I'm sick of this room. I'm sick of this heat! And I'm sick of this damn telephone!
[hangs it up]

View Quote I'm not one of the walking wounded. It's only one night. Besides, if I remain it's the most effective method of persuading my husband to abandon whatever he's doing and come and rescue us.

View Quote I can still taste you. I try to write with your taste in my mouth. [to Katharine]

View Quote K at dawn — silhouetted.

View Quote Am I a terrible coward to ask how much water we have? [to Almásy]

View Quote Let me tell you about winds. [to Katharine]

View Quote The International Sand Club: misfits, buggers, fascists, and fools— God bless us every one. Ooops! mustn't say international — dirty word, filthy word.

View Quote Condensed milk - one of the truly great inventions. [to Hana]

View Quote Man in desert party: (verify) How do you explain… to someone who's never been here… feelings that seem quite wrong.
British officer: (verify) How do you know you're not German if you don't remember anything?

View Quote My God… they're swimming. Swimming. [to himself in Cave of Swimmers]

View Quote In Italy, there's always chickens, but no eggs. In Africa there's eggs, but never chickens. Who separated them?

View Quote I think I was a pilot.

View Quote Its probably none of my business— your wife… do you think it is appropriate to leave her?

View Quote Thousands of people did die. Just different people. [to Caravaggio]

View Quote In a few minutes there'll be no stars— the air is filling with sand. [to Katharine]