The Hunger (1983)
Catherine Deneuve: Miriam Blaylock
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Quotes
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Sarah Roberts : What's that piece you're playing?
Miriam Blaylock : It's "Lakme" by Lilliam. Lakme is a Brahmin princess in India, she has a slave named Malika.
Sarah Roberts : Malika...
Miriam Blaylock : In a magical garden they sing how they follow the stream to its source, gliding over the water.
Sarah Roberts : Is it a love song?
Miriam Blaylock : I told you, it was sung by two women.
Sarah Roberts : It sounds like a love song.
Miriam Blaylock : Then I suppose that's what it is.
Sarah Roberts : Are you making a pass at me, Mrs. Blaylock?
Miriam Blaylock : Miriam.
Sarah Roberts : Miriam.
Miriam Blaylock : Not that I'm aware of, Sarah.
[Sarah smiles, shakes her head, and then spills wine on her top]
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Miriam Blaylock : Humankind dies one way, we another. Their end is final. Ours is not. In the earth, in rotting wood, in the eternal darkness, we will see and hear and feel.
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Lieutenant Allegrezza : Lieutenant Allegrezza.
Miriam Blaylock : [smiles]
Lieutenant Allegrezza : I don't usually get a smile on that...
Miriam Blaylock : You should: this mean "good cheer."
Lieutenant Allegrezza : That's right.
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John Blaylock : You said forever. Never ending. Do you remember?
Miriam Blaylock : Everyday.
John Blaylock : Forever you said.
Miriam Blaylock : Forever and ever.
John Blaylock : Never growing old. Do you? Remember?
Miriam Blaylock : Stop it.
John Blaylock : Forever young.
Miriam Blaylock : Stop it.
John Blaylock : Kiss. Kiss me. Think of me as I was. Kiss me like that.
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Sarah Roberts : I like your pendent.
Miriam Blaylock : Its Egyptian. It was the symbol of everlasting life.
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Alice Cavender : What's wrong with him?
Miriam Blaylock : He'll be all right. He's having trouble sleeping.
Alice Cavender : Want some 'ludes? I've got some in my case.
Miriam Blaylock : What?
Alice Cavender : Quaaludes.
Miriam Blaylock : Alice!
Alice Cavender : I stole 'em from my stepmother.
Miriam Blaylock : Alice!
Alice Cavender : She doesn't care; she gets them by the gross! She's got every pill ever invented! She collects them.
Miriam Blaylock : Poor woman.
Alice Cavender : That's what my dad says. 'Cause she's scared of getting old.
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Miriam Blaylock : You belong to me. We belong to each other.
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Miriam Blaylock : There is no release, my darling. No rest. No letting go.
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Sarah Roberts : I don't know why I'm here.
Miriam Blaylock : Come in.
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Miriam Blaylock : Its not nearly as difficult as you imagined, is it?
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Miriam Blaylock : You're a part of me now and I cannot let you go.
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Sarah Roberts : What have you done to me?
Miriam Blaylock : I've given you something you never dared dream of.
Sarah Roberts : What?
Miriam Blaylock : EverIasting Iife.
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Miriam Blaylock : I'm going to bring someone to you. Someone who can feed your Hunger.
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Miriam Blaylock : My husband is not here.
Sarah Roberts : When wiII he be back?
Miriam Blaylock : He's gone to SwitzerIand.
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Sarah Roberts : I'm getting out of here.
Miriam Blaylock : You'II be back. When The Hunger hurts so much you've Iost reason, then you'II have to feed, and then you'II need me to show you how.
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Miriam Blaylock : We're damned to live forever - with no release, no end.
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Miriam Blaylock : l'm sure we could talk for hours, you and l, but l suppose you're very busy.
Sarah Roberts : No, not too busy. What about you?
Miriam Blaylock : Me? You wouId think me mostIy idIe, I'm afraid. My time is my own.
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[last lines]
Miriam Blaylock : Sarah!