Mary Reilly (1996)

John Malkovich: Dr. Henry Jekyll, Mr. Edward Hyde

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• Mary Reilly : He said you have an illness. What kind of an illness?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : You might call it a fracture in my soul, something which left me with a taste for oblivion.

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : When we had our talk, you refused to say you hated your father.

  Mary Reilly : I don't.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Why not?

  Mary Reilly : He put a dark place in me and I can't forgive him for that, but it's part of me now, and how can I regret what I am? Though it often makes me sad.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Oh, well, sadness, yes, that can't helped. That comes in like the tide.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : I am sorry. I thought you were planning to stay a while. But perhaps my sense of smell deceives me.

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : It was the only way he could devise to set you free. It was inevitable from the moment I found how to achieve what I'd always wanted... To be the knife as well as the wound. Would you have ever forgiven me? I wanted the night... you see... and here it is...

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : Haven't you ever wished for a completely new life, Mary?

  Mary Reilly : No sir. What good would that do?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : I mean, suppose you were able to do absolutely whatever you wanted, with no consequences and no regrets? Then what?

  Mary Reilly : I don't believe there's such a thing as actions without consequences.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : I feel differently with you. Why should that be? You still the rage.

  Mary Reilly : Where does it come from, Sir, this rage?

  Mr. Edward Hyde : How should I know? It comes in like the tide.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : I am the bandit. He is merely the cave in which I shelter.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : [to Mary]  I always knew you'd be the death of us.

• Mary Reilly : Is Evil stronger than Good?

  Mr. Edward Hyde : You tell me.

• [last lines] 

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : I wanted the night, you see. A - and here it is.

  Mary Reilly : You said you didn't care what the world thought of you. Nor will I.

• [first lines] 

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : I'm not going to bite you.

  Mary Reilly : I'm sorry, sir, you gave me a fright.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : You're up very early.

  Mary Reilly : I'm generally up by five, sir, otherwise I get behind.