You're as violent as they come. I know this, because I'm as violent as they come. If the constraints of society were lifted, and I was all that stood between you and a meal, you would crack my skull with a rock and eat my meaty parts. Wouldn't you?
Teddy Daniels
Leonardo DiCaprio · 12 quotes
Chuck Aule
Mark Ruffalo · 4 quotes
Dr. Jeremiah Naehring
Max von Sydow · 4 quotes
Rachel 2
Patricia Clarkson · 4 quotes
Warden
Ted Levine · 3 quotes
Dr. John Cawley
Ben Kingsley · 2 quotes
George Noyce
Jackie Earle Haley · 2 quotes
Most scenes together: Teddy Daniels & Chuck Aule (3), Teddy Daniels & Dr. Jeremiah Naehring (3), Teddy Daniels & Rachel 2 (2)
Shutter Island quotes
Page 1 of 2Did you know that the word 'trauma' comes from the Greek for 'wound'? Hm? And what is the German word for 'dream'? Traum. Ein Traum. Wounds can create monsters, and you, you are wounded, Marshal. And wouldn't you agree, when you see a monster, you... you must stop it?
Yeah... I agree.
[Dr. Naehring injects him with a sedative]
Men like you are my specialty, you know. Men of violence.
Now, that's a hell of an assumption to make.
No assumption, no, not at all. You misunderstand me. I said, you are 'men of violence'. I'm not accusing you of being violent men. That's quite different.
You both served overseas, huh?
It's not much of a stretch, Doc. For all you know, we're both paper pushers over there.
No, you are not. - Since the schoolyard, neither of you has ever walked away from a physical conflict. No, no, not because you enjoyed it, but because retreat isn't something you consider an option.
We weren't raised to run, Doc.
Ah, yes. Raised. And who raised you, Marshal?
Me? Wolves.
You wanna uncover the truth? You gotta let her go.
I can't.
You have to let her go!
I can't! I can't!
Then you'll never leave this island.
Nurse Marino [Daniels has asked the staff about Rachel's activities before her disappearance]
She was in a group therapy session.
Anything unusual occur?
Nurse Marino Define 'unusual'.
Excuse me?
Nurse Marino This is a mental institution, Marshal. For the criminally insane. Usual isn't a big part of our day.
Do you know how pain enters the body, Marshal? Do you?
Depends on where you're hurt?
No, it has nothing to do with the flesh. The brain controls pain.
I had a friend. I was with him yesterday, but we got separated. Have you seen him?
Marshal... you have no friends.
So, what's our next move?
You tell me.
I gotta get off this rock, Chuck. Get back to the mainland. Whatever the hell's going on here, it's bad. [pause] Don't worry, partner, they're not gonna catch us.
That's right, we're too smart for 'em.
Yeah, we are, aren't we? [pause] You know, this place makes me wonder.
Yeah, what's that, boss?
Which would be worse - to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?
They're experimenting on people here.
I don't know, boss. How can you believe a crazy guy?
That's the beauty of it. Mental Patients make the perfect subjects, if they talk nobody listens to them!
Did you enjoy God's latest gift?
What?
God's gift. Your violence.
[Daniels looks at him blankly]
When I came downstairs in my home, and I saw that tree in my living room, it reached out for me... a divine hand. God loves violence.
I... I hadn't noticed.
Sure you have. Why else would there be so much of it? It's in us. It's what we are. We wage war, we burn sacrifices, and pillage and plunder and tear at the flesh of our brothers. And why? Because God gave us violence to wage in his honor.
I thought God gave us moral order.
There's no moral order as pure as this storm. There's no moral order at all. There's just this: can my violence conquer yours?
If I was to sink my teeth into your eye right now, would you be able to stop me before I blinded you?
Give it a try.
That's the spirit.
[Dr. Cawley has asked the marshals about their preferred drinks]
Soda and ice, please, thanks.
Oh. You don't indulge in alcohol? I'm surprised. Isn't it common for men in your profession to imbibe?
Common enough. And... in yours?
Er... I'm sorry?
Your profession, Doctor, psychiatry.
I always heard it was overrun with boozers and drunks.
Not that I noticed.
What's that, ice tea in your glass there?
[laughs, despite himself]
Excellent, Marshal. You have outstanding defense mechanisms. You must be quite adept at interrogations.
After she tried to kill herself the first time, Dolores told me she... she had an insect living inside her brain. She could feel it clicking across her skull, just... pulling the wires, just for fun. She told me that. She told me that but I didn't listen. I loved her so much.
Fifty years from now, people will look back and say, "Here, at this place, is where it all began. The Nazis used the Jews, Soviets used prisoners in their own Gulags. And we - we tested patients on Shutter Island."