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Dead Silence. Fame. Water for elephants. Pirates of the Caribbean 4. Evil Dead. Silence of the lambs. Exorcism of Emily Rose. An American Haunting. The Orphan. The Ward

29 Sunday May 2011

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Dead silence

Okay, so let me just start off with the following statement: I hate Saws. Because they are all predictable, there’s no scares or goosebumps there. But this movie, though from the same producers, was amazing! I love dolls and mannequins in horrors, and that was a big collection. Good idea, nice scenery, loved the soundtrack. The theme music is so very good. I was nicely surprised. So when I give Saws 3-4 points, mainly for fucked up ideas and amount of blood spilled, I’m giving it a hard 8.

‘Beware the stare of Mary Shaw. She had no children, only dolls. And if you see her in your dreams. Be sure to never ever scream.’

‘Ever since she was buried, Raven’s Fair has been plagued by death. Families murdered. They were found without their tongues.’

‘I don’t know! No one from this town dares speak Mary Shaw’s name, let alone go near her grave. They know she won’t stop killing, until the screaming does!’

‘Remember: whatever happens, don’t scream.’

8/10

Fame

Okay so first of all, I have not seen the musical, so I have nothing to compare the movie to. I saw 3 episodes of the series and I thought it was pretty good. Anyway the movie though was pretty…good! I loved most of their problems and showing that the fame isn’t so colorful at all, but I believe that was in original right? Loved Kay Panabaker’s character. It’s a very aspirational movie as was the series.

‘You have talent. Now let’s see what we can do with it.’

‘Mom, I’m talented!’
‘And who in the world told you were so special?’
‘You did.’

‘I’m gonna live forever!
I’m Gonna Learn How to Fly
I Feel It Coming Together
I’m never gonna stop this fight!
I’m Gonna Make It to Heaven!
Remember my name!’

5/10

Water for elephants

I really thought this movie was going to be disastrous. I was nicely surprised! I loved it so much I bought the book immediately. It was better than the movie as always, but the movie wasn’t bad. Second of all, I’m a vegan, so I hate circuses and pledge to never go there again. So for me seeing that elephant getting beat up was worse than any horror movie, which never get me scare just excitement. I think she would have jumped off that train with anyone who tried to safe her from her abusive husband, but no one has ever done it, so I guess Robert Pattison was good enough. The elephant responded to Polish commands. What’s not to love?

7/10

Pirates of the Caribbean 4

It was hard not to see Keira and Orlando. The plot was messed up. Definitely the worst part. I am disappointed. Loved Cruz’s angry Spanish. Cool action scenes as always. Blackbeard was a great character. Sad they killed them off. Barbossa’s still my favorite. His leg story was great. Maybe I’m getting old, but the mermaid plot wasn’t interesting at all, and young love is too cliché for me. Still movie was funny and had amazing special effects, as always.

‘Did everyone see that? Because I will *not* be doing it again.’

‘I was ready to take my vows! And you! What were you doing in a Spanish convent anyway?’
‘Mistook it for a brothel. Honest mistake.’

6/10

Evil dead

The only horror movie that scared me…when I was 12. So I rewatched it after almost 6 years and It’s still so good!

‘Soon all of you will be like me… And then who will lock you up in a cellar?’

‘Look at her eyes. Look at her eyes! For God’s sake, what happened to her eyes?’

‘Dead bodies in the cellar. Dead bodies in the…’

8/10

Silence of the lambs

I love Jodie and this is a classic.

‘What did you do?’
‘I went downstairs, outside. I crept up into the barn. I was so scared to look inside, but I had to.’
‘And what did you see, Clarice? What did you see?’
‘Lambs. The lambs were screaming.’
‘They were slaughtering the spring lambs?’
‘And they were screaming.’
‘And you ran away?’
‘No. First I tried to free them. I… I opened the gate to their pen, but they wouldn’t run. They just stood there, confused. They wouldn’t run.’
‘But you could and you did, didn’t you?’
‘Yes. I took one lamb, and I ran away as fast as I could.’
‘Where were you going, Clarice?’
‘I don’t know. I didn’t have any food, any water and it was very cold, very cold. I thought, I thought if I could save just one, but… he was so heavy. So heavy. I didn’t get more than a few miles when the sheriff’s car picked me up. The rancher was so angry he sent me to live at the Lutheran orphanage in Bozeman. I never saw the ranch again.’
‘What became of your lamb, Clarice?’
‘They killed him.’

‘Well, Clarice – have the lambs stopped screaming?’

10/10

Exorcism of Emily Rose

Laura Linney and Jennifer Carpenter meet best ‘possessions’ scenes I’ve ever seen. I did like them more than The Exorcist’s ones, so that’s something.

6/10

An American Haunting

Donald Sutherland did not save this movie, neither did the girl from Tomorrow When the World Began. It wasn’t good. I don’t have much to say about it.

4/10

The Orphan

I’m scared of evil kids like Esther. You know they’re capable of everything and you have no idea how to stop them. But the movie was good. I loved Esther’s relationship with her younger step-sister. Also, Vera Farmiga is fantastic.

‘Stop crying. Grab a foot, and help me get her off the road. Now!’

‘I’m not your fucking mommy!’

‘When grownups love each other very, very much… they want to show each other that love; they want to express it…’
‘I know. They fuck.’

‘If I find out that you’re lying, I’ll cut your hairless little prick off before you even figure out what it’s for. Do you understand me?’

‘Put it out of its misery.’

‘She’s not my fucking sister.’

‘They’ll send you to jail just for helping me hide her. I had to kill her, because she was going to tell on me. You’re not going to tell on me… are you?’

‘I’ll shoot Mommy if you tell.’

9/10

The Ward

Loved it! John Carpenter, but with  the HD picture. Didn’t like Danielle Panabaker’s character much. Everything else was more than fine.

7/10

Grey’s Anatomy

25 Wednesday May 2011

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Favorite character: Addison Montgomery, Meredith Grey
Other characters I like: Izzie, Arizona, Teddy.
Favorite season: 3,2,1,5,7,6,4
Favorite finale: 5,2,6,1,3,4,7
Character I always didn’t like: Erica Hunn, Preston Burke
Characters I don’t like much: Kepner, Avery, Owen, Mark, Lexie
Best episodes: Meredith’s drowning, Bomb episode, Shooting,
Favorite episode of season 1: 05, party; 01, pilot; 02, roommates; 09, finale;
Favorite guest star: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyle Chandler
Favorite episode of season 2: 16-17, bomb; 25, Izzie unplugs Denny; 26-27, finale; 18, Mark’s in Seattle; 19, Mer slept with George and cried; 13, Mer’s mother’s in hospital, Cristina miscarriages; 01.
Favorite episode of season 3: 15-16-17, Meredith drowns; 21, Addie n Karev have sex; 14- Addie safes the day; 01, panties on board; 04;
Favorite episode of season 4: 13, Addie’s in town! 01, our interns are residents now! and get their own interns to pick on! 12, competition; 17, finale;
Favorite episode of season 5: 25, finale; 15, Addie in Seattle with her dying brother; 14, Arizona kisses Callie; 20. Callie’s father meets Arizona; interns cut themselves open; Izzie founds out about her cancer; 17, patient x; 19, Derek proposes to Mer; 22, Mer’s first solo surgery;
Favorite episode of season 6: 24-25 shooting; 08, Arizona’s worth 25mln; 06, who killed the patient?; 05, invasion;
Favorite episode of season 7: 15, Meredith’s hour; 18, Musical Event; 20, Callie n Arizona’s wedding; 01, after the shooting; 11, shooting at school; 07, Arizona goes to Africa; 09, everyone’s drunk; 22, finale; 21, Karev’s an ass;
I ship: Mark/Addison; Callie/Arizona; Meredith/Derek; Izzie/Denny; Addie/Derek; Izzie/Alex; Addie/Alex; Mark/Lexie
Favorite friendship: Meredith/Alex
Favorite M.A.G.I.C. scene: Chief investigates who unplugged Denny; George falls down the stairs; eating hot dogs, Cristina puking;
Your favorite Grey’s Anatomy related song: Breathe; It reminds me of a bomb episode and when this song came on I started crying very badly, and it’s probably my favorite scene of all the series and I always listen to it when I’m nervous and can’t breathe, before exams, important events etc. I prefer the version of GA, then original.
Favorite song from Musical Event: The story; Breathe.
Favorite bar scene: ‘Derek’s married’ ‘I’m pregnant’; Alex kissing Izzie for the first time.
Favorite Grey’s drunk moment: party from season 1
Extra comment:
I really miss the old Grey’s, when everybody was an intern. I miss Izzie and George, and It’s hard for me to watch seasons six and seven sometimes as I remember they’re gone, and Avery and Kepner will never be as good as they were. I love all Addie scenes. I miss Addie, though I love Private Practice. I think she should be with Mark. Now my favorite character’s Meredith.

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Skins generation three so far.

20 Friday May 2011

And I thought the previous one was childish. Do you see any interesting characters? I like Frankie’s style. I don’t see any long term relationship, it’s like everyone with everyone and no love. Jal reminds me of this black girl from first generation and this other black one reminds me of her too. Metal boy is weird. Redheaded guy’s story was pretty good, but I don’t see how he’s parents could take him out of school. Romeo and Juliet? Seriously? That was so childish and lame. Parents of this girl are stupid and funny at the same time. Blonde’s story was so cliche, can’t believe she slept with her boyfriend after seeing her boyfriend screwing her best friend. Ending was very nice, when she walked home with her shoes in one hand and we see her mother coming back with her shoes in her hand from the other side of the road. Loved her fitness group, that was pretty good I think. Richie, I don’t see how he could loose his hearing, but I hoped it was for good. I hate parents who tell their kids to be the best, mind your own business. I have no idea who is gay, who is straight and who is bisexual, and most of all who loves who. Everyone wants everyone and that’s the main problem. Liked Jal until the finally, she was cool, she wanted to escape from home, drunk a lot of vodka, and seem pretty close to me, but what the hell was she doing in the finale, no idea. She wanted her boyfriend to want her as bad as he wanted Frankie, so she thought threesome would change things. And the end Frankie and this guy in the woods, what the? First they both seem to want it and it looks like it’s going to be a pretty good scene and then she starts crying, what do you want, girl? Bad generation, this season sucked a lot.  The only thing I’m looking forward to see next season is Blondie’s ED, hope it will be shown, and some metal music.

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This website started as weekly reviews on movies and tv episodes, and a diary of the 700 new films I watched every year. Today it’s a place for me to write a few words on films and tv shows that leave some sort of impact on me. I no longer write in depth reviews, partially thanks to bad habits gained by spending many hours a day on Letterboxd, and partially because of my demanding day job.

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I am the dark and twisty Meredith Grey, the mad Dexter Morgan, hoping to grow up to be a little more like the wise, but fun Nora Walker. I am an aspiring filmmaker. My favorite actresses are Jodie Foster, Sally Field and Julianne Moore. Favorite genre – psychological drama. I watch anything with a sexual or mental abuse plot. I used to be a horror freak. I am obsessed with Grey’s Anatomy, SVU and many more. My other interests include making oil and pencil portraits and wildlife conservation. I cannot say no to beautiful landscapes, travel, Aussie accent, TV/film quotes and avocados. I have recently moved back from Australia to the UK. I’ve been running this blog for the last 9 years. Here I comment on films and episodes I watch. Enjoy! – Joanne

The 140 Shows I’ve watched and am writing about

  1. Private Practice
  2. Greys
  3. SVU
  4. Bones
  5. Desperate Housewives
  6. Gilmore Girls
  7. Dexter
  8. The Big C
  9. Friends
  10. Judging Amy
  11. Parenthood
  12. Brothers and Sisters
  13. Cougar Town
  14. Castle
  15. Shameless
  16. Full House
  17. The Middle
  18. Revenge
  19. Bates Motel
  20. Orange is the New Black
  21. Lost
  22. American Horror Story
  23. Fuller House
  24. Downton Abbey
  25. The Killing
  26. Chase
  27. Sex and the city
  28. The Good Wife
  29. Six Feet Under
  30. Switched at Birth
  31. My So Called Life
  32. Nashville
  33. Party of Five
  34. Suburgatory
  35. Surviving Jack
  36. Scandal
  37. Big Little Lies
  38. Camp
  39. The Carrie Diaries
  40. The Goldbergs
  41. How To Get Away With Murder
  42. Everybody Loves Raymond
  43. Married With Children
  44. Scream
  45. Younger
  46. Grace and Frankie
  47. Freaks and Geeks
  48. When Calls the Heart
  49. Arrested Development
  50. Pretty Little Liars
  51. Past Life
  52. The Simpsons
  53. Bunheads
  54. Puberty Blues
  55. No Ordinary Family
  56. Weeds
  57. Sharp Objects
  58. Bad Judge
  59. Awkward
  60. Go On
  61. 30 Rock
  62. Dirt
  63. Close to Home
  64. Thirteen Reasons Why
  65. This is Us
  66. Modern Family
  67. Riverdale
  68. One Day at a Time
  69. Top of the lake
  70. The Leftovers
  71. Ozark
  72. Killing Eve
  73. Good Girls
  74. 911
  75. The Resident
  76. Crikey! It’s the Irwins
  77. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
  78. Veronica Mars
  79. Dead to Me
  80. Schooled
  81. The Handmaid’s Tale
  82. Station 19
  83. Red Band Society
  84. Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
  85. Little Fires Everywhere
  86. The Act
  87. The Morning Show
  88. Everything Sucks
  89. Mad Men
  90. For the People
  91. Unbelievable
  92. Bloodline
  93. Gypsy
  94. Liar
  95. The Insatiable
  96. Carol’s Second Act
  97. Chernobyl
  98. When They See Us
  99. The Society
  100. Girlboss
  101. When We Rise
  102. Locke and Key
  103. Russian Doll
  104. The Loudest Voice
  105. Soundtrack
  106. Sugar Rush
  107. V
  108. Grandfathered
  109. Faking It
  110. Secrets and lies (only season 1)
  111. Eye Candy
  112. The Whispers
  113. The Slap (AU)
  114. The Good Place
  115. The Good Fight
  116. Hollywood Darlings
  117. Off the Map
  118. Scream Queens
  119. Friday Night Lights
  120. Thirteen
  121. The Family
  122. Absentia
  123. F is for Family
  124. Starved
  125. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  126. Fargo (only season 1)
  127. 90210
  128. Dead of Summer
  129. Amber
  130. Degrassi Next Class
  131. Looking for Alaska
  132. The Catch
  133. Mr Mercedes (only season 1)
  134. Light as a Feather
  135. American Crime Story
  136. 23.11.63
  137. Divorce
  138. American Crime
  139. The Politician
  140. Ravenswood
  141. Save Me
  142. Wet Hot American Summer

currently following on tv

currently (re)watching

return to eden
six feet under season 2
last man standing season 3

shows I need to catch up on

Feud
Transparent
Killing Eve
This is Us
The Good Fight
Gentleman Jack
I Am the Night

films that have been on my watchlist for years and years

The Rose
Agnes of God
Music Box
The Golden Pond
Rambling Rose
The Contender
Airport
Women in Love
The French Connection
California Suite
Chariots of Fire
Amadeus
The Accidental Tourist
A Woman under the Influence
The Happy Ending
Travels with My Aunt
Sounder
Hedda
The Turning Point
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Last Summer

will watch at the cinema

unhinged

Last films watched at the pictures that I loved

the hunt
the lighthouse

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my twitter bios

15.04.2011 ‘You forgot the number one rule about remakes: never fuck with the original.’ (Scream 4)

01.06.2011 ‘We need to become doers.’ 2×16 ‘You’re a doer, remember?’ 5×22 (Greys)

5.08.2011 “It’s just… Meredith always makes me think screwed up people have a chance.” (Greys)

9.10.2011 ‘You be wowed, I’ll be drunk.’ (The Big C)

10.11.2011 ‘George is dead and Izzie is gone and we’re all different. We’re different.’ (Greys)

17.12.2011 ‘I thought I was headed in the right direction. My Dark Passenger back behind the wheel. But if I was so sure I knew where I was going…How did I get so lost?’ (Dexter)

23.01.2012 ‘You’re drowning, Grey.’ (Greys)

18.11.2012 ‘You’re a serial killer and I’m more fucked up than you are.’ (Dexter)

7.05.2013 ‘I think my antidepressants just kicked in.’ (The Big C)

10.05.2015 ‘The sad widow is my friend. My best friend.’ (Greys)

My tumblr titles

10.10.10 – ‘Like I said, I’m screwed.’ (Greys)

15.04.11 – ‘It’s just a good story.’ (Greys)

22.06.11 – ‘I should have fought for you, Violet.’ (Private Practice)

20.12.11 – ‘I am a father, a son, a serial killer.’ (Dexter)

8.08.12 – ‘You have to pick the girl who lives.’ (The Big C)

5.10.12 – ‘You are my person. You will always be my person.’ (Greys)

10.11.12 – ‘Thirty second dance party. Dance or you’re fired.’ (Greys)

19.02.13 – ‘There’s nowhere on Earth I’d rather be right now.’ (Castle)

29.07.13 – ‘The family that kills together.’ (Dexter)

15.01.15 – ‘Let’s go home.’ (Parenthood)

20.05.2015 – ‘The sad widow is my friend, my best friend.’ (Greys)

What I’m tweeting about

  • My favorite films last year were The Quiet Girl and Tár and they were both nominated, so I'm thrilled! #Oscars2023 1 week ago
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  • Happy Birthday, Julianne Moore!! 2 months ago
  • Happy Birthday to the Prince of Darkness! @OzzyOsbourne 2 months ago
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  • RIP, Queen Elizabeth II. 5 months ago
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  • I really hope Maryanne is crowned #Survivor tonight, but Lindsay and Mike could also win. 8 months ago
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favourite film and tv quotes

‘When I lived in Porpoise Spit, I used to sit in my room for hours and listen to ABBA songs. But since I’ve met you and moved to Sydney, I haven’t listened to one Abba song. That’s because my life is as good as an Abba song. It’s as good as Dancing Queen.’ (Muriel’s Wedding)

‘I used to think about
your life in New York. I tried to imagine your room. I kept track of the time difference, so I  knew when you were awake and when you were asleep.’ (Disobedience)

‘Nothing’s clean, Howard. But we do our best, right?’ (The Aviator)

‘No, I’m not quitting. I don’t quit things.’
‘No, actually you do. Your mother quit your father. Your father quit you. You quit your boyfriend and if I read your hospital chart correctly you quit your life momentarily on a couple of occasions. You quit. It’s what you know how to do.’ (Greys)

‘Where the hell was I that year?’
‘Your were watching television’. (Everybody Loves Raymond)

‘It’s impossible to worry about anything else when there’s blood coming out of you.’
(Short Term 12)

‘I wanted it to happen. And when we were girls… Even then, it was the same. It’s always been this way! I have always wanted it.’ (Disobedience)

‘Sometimes it’s easy, sometimes you play games in your head. You make up someone, someone good.’ (Greys)

‘There comes a moment when our lives change forever. The moment we admit our weaknesses, the moment we rise to a challenge, the moment we accept a sacrifice, or let a loved one go. And sometimes the change in our lives is an answer to our prayers.’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘Yesterday I went to the movies all day by myself. One after the other. I’ve never done that before. I had a really happy day.’ (Doing Time for Patsy Cline)

‘I just need something to happen. I need a sign that things are going to change. I need a reason to go on. I need some hope. And in the absence of hope, I need to stay in bed a feel like I might die today.’ (Greys)

‘She saved me my whole life. Without her, I’m nothing.’ (The Favourite)

‘Don’t wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don’t. In face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that make us hold it together.’  (Greys)

‘Bree sobbed quietly in the restroom for five miutes, but her husband never knew, because when Bree finally emerged, she was perfect.’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘I am not food, you cannot just eat and eat.’ (The Favourite)

‘I don’t love him.’
‘Of course you do.’
‘No!’
‘Don’t take me for a fool Olive,  I’m many things but I’m not a fool.’
‘I know that, you’re brilliant.’
‘Don’t you see, it’s over. Whatever this is, was, it’s over.’
‘I love You.’ (Professor Marston and the Wonder Women)

‘At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing, is reason enough to celebrate.’ (Greys)

‘Many years ago, a neighbour and a good friend of ours took her life, and that left us all heartbroken and perplexed. But somehow, when I was alone in that hotel room, I forget about all the pain that she caused. In those awful moments, I thought maybe she had the answer.‘ (Desperate Housewives)

‘What happened last year when you fell in the water?’
‘I almost drowned. Do you think I did that for kicks?’
‘You put your hand in a body cavity that contained unexploded ammunition.’
‘I was trying to save a patient!’
‘Why is it that every other person in that room had the sense to hit the deck? You know people run away from this line between life and death. You seem to stand on it and wait for a strong wind to sway you one way or the other. You’re careless with your life. You’re not slitting your wrists but you’re careless. Probably because your mother told you you were a waste of space on this planet. The problem is you believed her. And if you don’t want out one of these days you’re going to die because of it.’  (Greys)

‘This is the street where I used to live and these were the people with whom I shared my life. I met them the day they moved in. And I saw what they brought with them. Beautiful dreams for the future. And quiet hopes for a better life. Not just for themselves, but for their children, too. If I could, would I tell them what lies ahead? Would I warn them of the sorrow and betrayal that lie in store? No. From where I stand now, I see enough of the road to understand how it must be traveled. The trick is to keep moving forward, to let go of the fear and the regret that slow us down and keep us from enjoying a journey that will be over too soon. Yes, there will be unexpected bends in the road, shocking surprises we didn’t see coming, but that’s really the point. Don’t you think?’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘Was your life not working when you let that slip out from under you?’
‘When are you going to stop suggesting that I’m suicidal?’
‘When you start acting like someone that wants to be alive.’
‘Give me my chart.’
‘Why?’
‘Because I’m not suicidal, and if it says that I am, then it’s wrong.’ (Greys)

‘There is nothing wrong with me.’
‘Then show me your arm.’ (Degrassi)

‘Look, my whole life, I have been the freak. The girl who nobody picked for dodgeball. The girl who didn’t have a mom. The girl who dressed funny because it was her dad buying her clothes. And then, tonight I looked at these people, and I thought maybe there’s a future where I don’t have to be a freak. Maybe I can be who I am and that’s okay.’ (Everything Sucks)

‘Dr, I have been this way since…since I can remember. There is no cure.’ (American Horror Story)

‘He was so crazy about me, I couldn’t breathe. So we tried drinking our way back into love, but it never made sense in the morning. So I ran. And every time I came back, he was here. And he was still crazy about me.’ (My Blueberry Nights)

‘Bree van de Kamp had always wanted to live her life with elegance and grace. That is also how she wanted to die. Her plan was to pour herself a glass of her favorite chardonnay, put on her most stylish nightgown and leave behind a note on embossed stationery.’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘All we have is this moment. The future is just a fucking concept that we use to avoid being alive today. So be… here…. now.’ (Six Feet Under)

‘On the train coming here, we were in the same cart, I saw you, you were reading and you feel asleep. I didn’t dare to look at you, you were so beautiful, it was scary. Afterwards,  I couldn’t stop thinking about you. It made me smile. Then I thought of all the men who would get to hold you, who’d make you laugh. How lucky they were.’ (Enemy at the Gates)

‘It was a good day. Maybe even a great day. Even when it was hard, I was the me in my head. There was a moment when I thought I cant do this, I cant do this alone. I close my eyes and imagine myself doing it, and I did, I blocked out the fear, and I did it.’ (Greys)

‘There comes a time when we must expose our weaknesses. When our secrets can no longer remain private, when our solitude can no longer be denied, when our pain can no longer be ignored, but sometimes we feel so alone that a weakness we thought we’d overcome suddenly becomes too strong to fight.’ (Desperate Housewives)

‘Why did you get married, Esti? Why didn’t you just leave? So everything was all right when I left?’
‘No. I was ill.’
‘What sort of ill?’
‘In my head.’
‘If I had to sleep with a man, why not with our best friend?’
‘Oh, Esti…’
‘It hasn’t been a complete disaster.’
‘And that’s enough?! Do you have to have sex every Friday?’
‘It’s expected.’
‘It’s medieval. What happened to you?’
‘Nothing. You happened to me. And then I started teaching and that became important. I give them ambition.’
‘To do what? Push out seven babies and be a good wife?’
‘Don’t. Don’t. I help them to value themselves.’
‘Okay, but what about you?’
‘That is me. And you? Are you happy?’
‘Yes, I am.’
‘Have you been with other women?’
‘No. Not really. And you?’
‘No.’
‘But, Esti… Do you still
only fancy women?’ (Disobedience)

‘OK, then, listen. Let’s not get caught.’
‘What are you talkin’ about?’
‘Let’s keep goin’!’
‘What d’you mean?’
‘Go.’
‘You sure?’
‘Yeah. Yeah.’ (Thelma & Louise)

‘She let me live at Nora’s house. She let me believe that I was a part of their family. I fell in love with that family. What am I supposed to do, just sit there, pretend I’m related to them? I was happy. For the first time in my life I was happy.’ (Brothers and Sisters)

‘You will be left all alone with your bitterness and your rage and your knowledge that you loved her and she loved you and you threw it away for them.’
‘Do you love her?’
‘Yes.’
‘And Have you always?’
‘Yes.’
‘So then ask her.’
‘Olive, will you forgive me?’ (Professor Marston and the Wonder Women)

‘No razors, no scissors, no fucking freedom.’
(Short Term 12)

‘You can’t take a picture of this. It’s already gone.’ (Six Feet Under)

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