“You know what I think? I think that we're all in our private traps...” – Norman Bates, Psycho ... Movie Quotes Database

Norman Bates

You know what I think? I think that we're all in our private traps, clamped in them, and none of us can ever get out. We scratch and we claw, but only at the air, only at each other, and for all of it, we never budge an inch.

Marion Crane

Sometimes, we deliberately step into those traps.

Norman Bates

I was born into mine. I don't mind it anymore.

Marion Crane

Oh, but you should. You should mind it.

Norman Bates

Oh, I do, [laughs] but I say I don't.

Marion Crane

You know -- if anyone ever talked to me the way I heard -- the way she spoke to you...

Norman Bates

Sometimes -- when she talks to me like that -- I feel I'd like to go up there, and curse her, and-and-and leave her forever! Or at least defy her! But I know I can't. She's ill.

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