Sabrina (1995)

Julia Ormond: Sabrina Fairchild

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Quotes 

• Sabrina : More isn't always better, Linus. Sometimes it's just more.

• Linus Larrabee : So, that really is a beautiful name. How did you get it?

  Sabrina : My father's reading. It's in a poem.

  Linus Larrabee : Oh?

  Sabrina : "Sabrina fair, listen where thou art sitting under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, in twisted braids of lilies knitting the loose train of thy amber-dropping hair."

  Sabrina : [laughs to herself]  It's an incredible airplane - it's beautiful. I've never seen anything like it.

  Linus Larrabee : Ah, yes.

  [returns to reading his work papers] 

  Sabrina : Don't you ever look out the window?

  Linus Larrabee : When do I have time?

  Sabrina : What happened to all that time we saved taking the helicopter?

  Linus Larrabee : [lightheartedly]  I'm storing it up.

  Sabrina : [seriously]  No, you're not.

  Linus Larrabee : [pause]  So, your little poem - what does it mean?

  Sabrina : It's the story of a water sprite who saved a virgin from a fate worse than death.

  Linus Larrabee : And Sabrina's the virgin.

  Sabrina : [quietly]  Sabrina's the savior.

• Linus Larrabee : So, what do they say about me?

  Sabrina : Oh, you know...

  Linus Larrabee : No.

  Sabrina : That you're the world's only living heart donor.

  Linus Larrabee : Oh, that.

  Sabrina : And how does this one go? He thinks that morals are paintings on walls and scruples are money in Russia.

  Linus Larrabee : How droll.

  Sabrina : And then there's my favorite...

  Linus Larrabee : No, that's okay.

• Sabrina : What was Linus like as a boy?

  Fairchild : Shorter.

• Sabrina : I thought it was all a lie.

  Linus Larrabee : It was. It was a lie... but then it was a dream.

• Linus Larrabee : Listen, I work in the real world with real responsibilities.

  Sabrina : I know you work in the real world and you're very good at it. But that's work. Where do you live, Linus?

• Sabrina : Paris is always a good idea.

• [last lines] 

  Sabrina : Once upon a time, on the north shore of Long Island, not far from New York, there was a very, very large mansion, almost a castle. And on this very large estate lived a small girl. And life was pleasant there and very, very simple. But, then one day, the girl grew up and went beyond the walls of the grounds and found the world.

• Sabrina : [after David has invited her to his mother's party, despite not recognising her]  Do you really want me to come?

  David Larrabee : Very much, if you'll tell me who you are.

  Linus Larrabee : Hello, Sabrina.

  Sabrina : Hello, Linus.

  David Larrabee : Sabrina?

  Linus Larrabee : Have a good time in Paris?

  Sabrina : Yes, thank you.

  David Larrabee : Sabrina?

  Linus Larrabee : You look all grown up.

  David Larrabee : Sabrina?

  Linus Larrabee : Why does he keep saying that?

• Sabrina : You probably don't believe in marriage.

  Linus Larrabee : Yes, I do. That's why I never got married. David, however, believes in the tooth fairy.

  Sabrina : That's why I like him.

  Linus Larrabee : Well, I like him too. As a matter of fact, I love him. I just don't know what to do with him.

• Sabrina : Didn't you once say everything is business?

  Linus Larrabee : No, but it sounds like me.

• Sabrina : I never thought of you as a dancer.

  Linus Larrabee : I'm crazy about it. They call me Bojangles at the office.

• [first lines] 

  Sabrina : Once upon a time, on the north shore of Long Island, not far from New York, there was a very very large mansion, almost a castle, where there lived a family by the name of Larrabee. There were servants inside the mansion, and servants outside the mansion; boatmen to tend the boats, and six crews of gardeners: two for the solarium, the rest for the grounds, and a tree surgeon on retainer. There were specialists for the indoor tennis courts, and the outdoor tennis courts, the outdoor swimming pool, and the indoor swimming pool. And over the garage there lived a chauffeur by the name of Fairchild, imported from England years ago, together with a Rolls Royce; and a daughter, named Sabrina.

• Louis : [Louis and Sabrina are kissing]  I'm in Paris but you are somewhere else.

  Sabrina : I'm sorry, Louis... I shouldn't have done this.

  Louis : I would like to help. But what you have to fix, you won't fix it in bed. You have to fix it *here*.

  [pointing to her head] 

• Sabrina : It never rained on the night of a Larrabee party, the Larrabees wouldn't have stood for it.

• David Larrabee : [while he's under medication for his glass accident]  Sabrina! Hi.

  Sabrina : Hi.

  David Larrabee : [nonsensically]  Did the dry cleaners have your car?

• Sabrina : You know, I've been to every party you've ever had. Right there, in that tree, like a bat. Now, here we are... dancing in front of God and everyone.

• Fairchild : You've been there for two weeks. I doubt every single person in Paris thinks you're an idiot.

  Sabrina : Only because I haven't met them all.

• Nurse : [Sabrina approaches David's room]  He's still sleeping.

  Sabrina : Is that normal?

  Nurse : When you're taking what he's taking, it is. But, he wakes up from time to time.

  Sabrina : Has he asked for anyone?

  Nurse : Bert and Ernie.

  Sabrina : Oh. Could you tell him Sabrina was here?

  Nurse : I could tell him the Pope was here, but I don't think it would make a dent.

• [Sabrina enters Linus's office hesitantly] 

  Linus Larrabee : I was beginning to worry.

  Sabrina : Why?

  Linus Larrabee : That's a favorite question of yours. Didn't you want to come?

  Sabrina : Uh, uh... I asked you first.

  Linus Larrabee : I asked you second.

  Sabrina : Uh... I've been, uh, I've been wandering around Manhattan all afternoon. Uh, it's, it's something to do with maybe... n-n-never seeing you again, but that's, uh, ridiculous because we don't, uh, we don't have to, uh, well, except by accident, and uh, how can that be a problem? Uh... uh...

  [voice shaking] 

  Sabrina : Uh... if two people...

  [giving up] 

  Sabrina : I asked you first.

  Linus Larrabee : Well, then what you said, whatever it is, makes what I was gonna say obsolete, I think.

  Sabrina : [disappointed]  Obsolete?

  Linus Larrabee : Irrelevent.

• David Larrabee : You know, of all the girls I've known... and I've known some - isn't that a song? - you're the only girl I danced with only once.

  Sabrina : Twice.

  David Larrabee : What? How could I have forgotten? Was it the champagne?

  Sabrina : I was eight, and you were taking dancing lessons. I was homework.

• Linus Larrabee : [David is indisposed so Linus meets up with Sabrina instead and romances her]  Oh, I almost forgot.

  [he kisses her] 

  Linus Larrabee : The rest of the message from David.

  Linus Larrabee : [Sabrina slaps him]  Thanks, I needed that.

  Sabrina : What am I doing? I never should have... I'm...

  Linus Larrabee : No, it's...

  Sabrina : No, I mean - you have my handprint on your face.

  Linus Larrabee : I think it would be better if you pick up your messages in person. You'll see David tomorrow.

  [he leaves] 

• Sabrina : [visiting David, who is heavily medicated, after his accident]  Are you in a lot of pain?

  David Larrabee : Am I in a lot of pain? Look at your little ha-yand. Guess what happened to me.

  Sabrina : I know. I feel awful.

  David Larrabee : Me too. How do you feel, Linus?