Love and Death (1975)
Diane Keaton: Sonja
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Quotes
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Sonja : To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down.
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Pierre : So who is to say what is moral?
Sonja : Morality is subjective.
Pierre : Subjectivity is objective.
Sonja : Moral notions imply attributes to substances which exist only in relational duality.
Pierre : Not as an essential extension of ontological existence.
Sonja : Can we not talk about sex so much?
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Napoleon : This is an honor for me.
Boris : No, it's a greater honor for me.
Napoleon : No, a greater honor for me.
Boris : No, it's a greater honor for me.
Napoleon : No, a greater honor for ME.
Boris : Well, perhaps you're right. Perhaps it IS a greater honor for you.
Napoleon : And you must be Don Francisco's sister.
Sonja : No, you must be Don Francisco's sister.
Napoleon : No, you must be Don Francisco's sister.
Sonja : No, you must be Don Francisco's sister.
Boris : No, it's a greater honor for me.
Napoleon : I see our Spanish guests have a sense of humor.
Boris : She's a great kidder.
Sonja : No, you're a great kidder.
Boris : No, you're Don Francisco's sister.
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Sonja : Oh, Boris, I'm so unhappy.
Boris : Ohh, I wish you weren't.
Sonja : Voskovec and I quarrel frequently. I've become a scandal.
Boris : Poor Sonja.
Sonja : For the past weeks, I've visited Seretski in his room
Boris : Why? What's in his room? Oh...
Sonja : And before Seretski, Aleksei, and before Aleksei, Alegorian, and before Alegorian, Asimov, and...
Boris : Okay!
Sonja : Wait, I'm still on the A's.
Boris : How many lovers do you have?
Sonja : In the mid-town area?
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Sonja : Alright, let's say that there is no God and each man is free to do exactly as he chooses, well, well, what prevents you from murdering somebody?
Boris : Well, murder is immoral.
Sonja : Immorality is subjective.
Boris : Yes but subjectivity is objective.
Sonja : Not in any rational scheme of perception.
Boris : Perception is irrational, it implies immanence.
Sonja : But judgement of any system or a priori relation of phenomena exists in any rational or metaphysical or at least epistemological contradiction to an abstract and empirical concept such as being or to be or to occur in the thing itself or of the thing itself.
Boris : Yeah, I've said that many times.
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Boris : Oh, if only God would give me some sign. If He would just speak to me once. Anything. One sentence. Two words. If He would just cough.
Sonja : Of course there's a God! We're made in His image!
Boris : You think I was made in God's image? Take a look at me. You think He wears glasses?
Sonja : Not with those frames.
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[comforting her husband on his deathbed]
Sonja : I know I could have been a better wife to you... kinder. I could have made love with you more often... or once, even.
Leon Voskovec : Once would have been nice.
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Sonja : Boris is trying to commit suicide - last week he contemplated inhaling next to an Armenian.
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Boris : [about their plan to murder Napoleon] ... I know, but murder, the most foul of all crimes. And not just abstract murder like shooting an unknown enemy on the battlefield, but standing in a closed room with a live human being and pulling the trigger, face to face. And a famous human being, a successful one, one who earns more than I do... My God, you figure Napoleon has gotta be good for 10,000 francs a week... That's minimum. That's without tips or extras. Nothing like that. And me, what am I? He's a great man. He thinks like the superman, and I'm just a worm, an insect... some kind of crawling, disgusting, creeping little vermin! You know, you can stop me!
Sonja : I will when I disagree.
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[Sonja meets Ivan's widow in church]
Anna : You're praying for Ivan?
Sonja : Yes. Your husband, I loved him, as you know.
Anna : I wanted you to have some of his possessions.
Sonja : How kind.
Anna : I kept his sword and gold watch... but here, I'm giving you his mustache.
Sonja : I'll cherish it.
Anna : Also some string. Ivan saved string.
Sonja : I know. It was one of the reasons why I loved him.
Anna : I understand that. I loved him for his string, too.
Sonja : Anything else for me?
Anna : I thought we should divide his letters. Do you want the vowels or the consonants?
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Pierre : What would you think if I told you you were one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen?
Sonja : I'd think what a mad fool he is.
Pierre : And what would you think if I suddenly put my arms around you?
Sonja : I'd think what a mad impetuous fool he is.
Pierre : And what would you think if I kissed you?
Sonja : I'd think what a mad, impetuous, wonderful fool he is.
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Father Andre : I have lived for 87 years, and the best thing in the World is... Blonde 12 year-old girls!
Sonja : Father!
Father Andre : Two of them, whenever possible.
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Sonja : Don Francisco?
Don Francisco : Pardon me?
Sonja : I'm having trouble adjusting my belt. Do you think you could come over here and hold my bosom for a while?
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Sonja : Boris?
Boris : Yes?
Sonja : I have a confession to make.
Boris : Yes?
Sonja : Ever since you and I were little children... I've been in love with your brother Ivan.
Boris : Well, it's only nat--Ivan? You're kidding! He can barely write his name in the ground with a stick!
Sonja : He has true animal magnetism.
Boris : Animal magnetism! All that talk about some perfect love and you're hot for Ivan?
Sonja : He kissed me!
Boris : Any place I should know?
Sonja : It warmed the cockles of my heart.
Boris : That's just great. Nothing like hot cockles.
Sonja : I think he's going to ask me to marry him.
Boris : But he's a gambler and drinker, he's got a Neanderthal mentality! Don't get me wrong, I love him like a brother. Just not one of mine.
