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Private Practice 6.03 Dexter 7.02 Dexter 7.03 Go On 1.06 Go On 1.07 Bones 8.04 Castle 5.02 Castle 5.03 Revenge 2.02 Revenge 2.03 Nashville 1.01

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Private Practice 6.03

What stage of grief are you in?
Addie crying over Mark.
We’re not people.
Where’s daddy? I wanna see daddy!
Lucas not getting Pete’s dead.
Some people get angry when they feel they didn’t get what they deserved, for others it comes from fear, or vulnerability or guilt can also be a trigger.
Tell me Lucas is not autistic.
Violet crying over guy’s story.
That would be a nightmare for a normal woman, and she’s Charlotte.
My husband. I’m mourning his loss, but I hate him. My husband is in the ground, covered in dirt, and… I hate him.
You know what they say about grief having five stages?There’s way more.
Addison, anyone you enter into a relationship with is gonna have a history. You are your past. Own it.
I did the wrong thing, and now I need you to help me to fix it. I… if I don’t tell him,  don’t know what to say. What do I say? Help me, Sheldon. I know you’re right. I know. But if I tell him, he is screwed. If I don’t tell him, I’m screwed. I…ah, damn it. I mean, any other time, I… I’m off my game. Otherwise I would never… What do I do?
You have to stop seeing this patient, so just– just walk away, Violet.
It’s okay. You can replace Pete.
Ever since…You know, after I was raped… he was always there for me. Here at the hospital, Pete… was like my work husband. You know, if he was getting a cup of coffee for himself, he’d get one for me. He’d wait the extra ten minutes it took me to sign off the ER board so we could eat lunch together. He looked out for me. I miss that. I miss him. I can’t imagine what this feels like for you.
Oh, I’m okay. I mean, I have to be, because I have a little boy at home who doesn’t know where his father is. He keeps asking me, and I keep coming up with new ways of explaining it, but it… it feels like I’m living with someone with dementia. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve told him, and… and every time, it feels like I’m lying, because I don’t understand it myself. And Lucas is just a 3-year-old boy… who wants to know when he’s gonna see his father again.
Hey, if you kill someone, how do you make it right? I…I didn’t kill Pete. obviously. This is a… this is a hypothetical.
Well, in AA, making amends is essential. But sometimes the other party is gone or they refuse to forgive us, so we practice living amends.
What is that? How do you do that?
Uh, well, you live the best life that you can, do good where you can, help people when you can, be of service, try to save lives. You… can’t change what you’ve done, but you can change who you are and improve your life. It’s hard to explain why living amends work, but they do. Somehow they just… set you free.
Between him and Pete, I’m sad all the time, and it’s probably not the best thing to be hiding in the bathroom crying.
Yes, we both have screwed up all of our relationships, which is why I’m telling you maybe you should do this one differently.
Are you doing it differently?
I’m…
Charlotte sleeping and Coop running.
You’re not fine. Charlotte! You are not fine. Do you know that Pete went running, and no one could find him, and he was dead, that you were here late one night and somebody attacked you in your own office? And I’m supposed to protect you. I’m supposed to protect our children. That is my job. And I can’t do it if you’re not gonna let me. You are not fine, so I’m not fine.
From the moment he was diagnosed, my father was a dead man walking. And he mourned his death for years. He gave up. It was the most depressing thing I’d ever seen, and… I don’t want that to happen to me.
Violet snapped during therapy.
This is my stuff. I’m going through something, and I… and I lost sight of… I let my needs blend with yours, and… and that was wrong. I was wrong.
You are already doing it. You are living your life differently, better. You are living your amends, being a better person, and that will set you free.
Violet, In the beginning, everyone’s there. But people forget. You know, life goes on, or it goes on for everyone else even if it’s not going on for you. I just wanted to make sure that…
Thank you.
My past is ugly. It’s messy and unflattering, and… So if you don’t think you can trust me anymore or you think I’m a horrible person because I’m a cheater… If you want to go, you should… go.
First of all, thank you for telling me the truth. I know that was hard. Second, you are not a cheater. You are a person who once cheated, and there’s a difference. The third thing I want to say is that, I’m sorry.
You’re sorry?
A man you loved… died. I’m sorry for your loss.
I am a therapist, so I am supposed to know how these things work. I’ve counselled people through the five stages of grief. You wish you could just go down the list, check him off, know what’s coming next, but, uh, they don’t really come in any particular order. Some people never experience any of them. Some people get stuck in one for a long time. My son is 3, and he doesn’t understand what’s going on. Intellectually, I get that, but every time he asks, “where’s daddy?” I have to remember to breathe. It’s always the same thing. I tuck him in. I say “I love you,” he says, “I love you,” and then he says “where’s daddy?” And I tell him again. I’d almost gotten used to it. But last night was different.
I love you.
I love you, too, mommy. I love you, too, daddy.
My son has reached acceptance. He knows his father’s never coming back… and it breaks my heart.

10/10

Dexter 7.02

Another brilliant episode. Will update the quotes when work lets me.

10/10

Dexter 7.03

No matter what we do, there’s always another body.
It’s not cheating if you pay for it.
Gym, ha? Lying little shit.
Christ on a fucking cracker, Dexter.
It’s a capital offence to be who you are, Dexter.
Dexter pretending to be praying. Holding a flower and picking up his head.
But you already have Deb, dozens of times. All the murderers I’ve helped you catch, who got brought down because of my hunches. My lizard brain. has been your secret weapon all along, you just didn’t know it.
You’re fucking with my head.
Don’t fuck with me on this or I swear, I’ll take us both down.
That’s exactly what I’m doing, killing time.
And sometimes there is nothing more exiting than getting back what you had and lost.
How Deb really talks about Dexter.
If you knew there was a murderer out there and you could do something to stop him before he killed again, could you let it go?
Kiss my ass, you Ginger freak.
Who is Dexter Morgan?
Thank you for fucking up my evening, bro.
The attack scene and how Deter saved Deb.
I get it, what you do, I hate it, but I get it.
So you accept it?
I understand it. I understand that it might be, might be unnecessary evil. But what I don’t understand are the blood slides, they’re trophies. On some lever, Dexter you like to kill.
I like the way it makes me feel.
Deb, I can’t change who I am.
Deb, I’m still your brother, nothings has changed.
Everything\s changes. I don’t know id I can ever be the same again.
I’m finally out of my cage, but freedom comes with a cost.

10/10

Go On 1.06

You think I’m fucking Jolanda?!
Bring us the handsome one.
So boring! For me it was cheese, slices, wedges, cubes…
You’re eating has a compulsive quality that is troubling and could open the getaway to other obsessive behaviours.
I am not grief eating.
Did I hear grief eating?
Each bite matters and and tastes like love.
Well you could start….
Don’t say get a pizza.
Are we allowed to order pizza in here?
Yeah, we’re gonna be weird.
I made up a place where everything is happy and peaceful and safe.
The problem is that you’re eating.
I respect Lauren, so I put up with the touchy, feely thing but I’m not looking for the amateur from the b team.
Shut up, junkie, you’re out of control.
Next time, instead of reaching for that brownie, or that ice stuffing, try delicious cup of water.
Dude, we heard your show, all 4000 calories of it.
Carrot cake, which is practically a salad.
I am not in denial. Maybe eating a bit more lately, if you want to put a label on it, call me a foodie.
She’s gay for Salma Hayek and she did child beauty pageants.
Junior high section could use a little rounding up.
Left breast came in first.
The music taste is terrible. The virginity story, very strong.
The puke story is good.
You guys are great. I hope my life goes to hell so I can sign up and do this more.
Of course, I love him.
Not as much as a snickers bar.
That’s…that’s the best candy!
It’s okay, you can be the crazy one for once.
I had a little problem with eating too much. I didn’t hide from it. I gave up junk food.
Give it up Danny, give up loserville.
All right, yes, I grief it. I get sad and food makes that go away.
But it always comes back, doesn’t it?
Starts off so innocently, and the next thing you know, Chinese people are giving you 7 sets of.
Good news it, you’re not alone.
What do I do though, I can’t stop.
Maybe you’re not ready to stop just yet.
Happy Birthday, Timmy.
Who’s Timmy?
Some cry baby.
Let the healing begin.
It’s calorie aversion therapy.
The night before I stopped smoking, I made myself smoke four packs of cigarettes. You’re gonna make the same with food.
And I thought, this is the cutest, craziest, most stubborn person I’ve ever met, and all of a sudden, I needed her.
That must be hardest story for you to tell.
No, it’s my favorite story to tell.
If you don’t know, you know. You know?

10/10

Go On 1.07

Are there teams? Cause I call Ryan, Lauren and anyone except Mr. K. We’re all God’s children, but I’m in it to win it and there’s something wrong with you.
I know he’s mocking what we do, but it’s memorizing.
This is mess.
You’re uncultured birthday ass.
Felt good to be Ryan, tough to be back.
Did you send everyone away so you could seduce me?
What’s that?
Mr Kay and Anne dancing.
Don’t look back.

4/10

Bones 8.04

Bones makes the guy throw up.
Hodgins always super into his job.
Guy swallowed victims tooth.
Bones wants to run for the president.
When I’m the president…
Hodings talking about faeces the same way I talk about TV Shows and films.
Sweets, you do know they put bones on that table?
We’re both extremely skilled.
FBI skilled.
It’s like you never studied psychology at all.
I actually felt bad for Daisy.

4.5/10

Castle 5.02

Guy punched Espo and Ryan in face.
I’ve seen enough episodes of Law and Order to know how this works.
Castle and Kate talking behind guys back in front of him.
Where you’ve been?
Beckett all running and guys looking at her.
What does that supposed to mean?
Beckett’s all what the fuck.
Guy’s all call me maybe.
It’s what parters do right.
She just keeps on coming?

5/10

Castle 5.03

Castle’s mother knows.
The opening. Let’s paint with blood.
She could have left a more helpful note.
Who said that you can answer my phone?
2 grant and he’ll name a character in his nect novel after your mom.
What the hell is that? Who’s junk is this and what the hell is it doing in my precinct?
It’s Castle’s sir.
Oh, oh, good one.
Castle broke the dolls.
This is me killing you softly.

5.5/10

Revenge 2.02

For those who believe in resurrection… Death is inconsequential. It is not an ending, but rather a new beginning… A second chance. A reunion. But the very idea of resurrection is so seductive a concept, it’s easy to forget… before you can rise from the dead… You have to spend a few days in hell.

This is why you shouldn’t fall asleep watching horror movies.
I fell asleep monitoring Victoria.
Exactly.

The good news is, your daughter’s a drug addict and you’re already dead. That makes you both damn easy to dispose of.

What now, revenger?
Let the punishment fit the crime. Victoria took my mother away from me. It’s time I took her daughter away from her.

I don’t think my employees have any respect for me.
Why would they? You’re not wearing pants.
Well, I mean, they don’t know that.

Keep an eye on Victoria. Let me know if anything changes.
Ooh, monster movie marathon. Can’t wait.

It’s unfortunate I have to do this, but my daughter’s self-destruction has forced my hand.

I just got off the phone with our family lawyer. He said you testified to Charlotte’s mental incompetence.
Your sister is a very sick girl.
No, what’s sickening is how far you and my father went to pull this scam. Not that you’re a stranger to abuse of power. Now whatever he’s paying you for your lies, believe me, it won’t offset the lawsuit I’ll slap on you unless you get on the phone to Judge Morris and recant that evaluation immediately.

It turns out, Dad was keeping you in here in order to get his hands on your inheritance.
I knew it. You stopped him?
I found out too late, but I promise, I’m gonna get it all back for you, every penny.
I swore at Mom’s memorial I was clean, and you did nothing to stop them.

Why would you raise somebody else’s kid? I mean, if it’s yours, great. Obviously, we’ll manage. But if it’s not… Our world is falling apart around us. We don’t need the extra burden. I mean, you tell me that you wouldn’t be a little bit relieved.

Dad had a judge declare me mentally unfit.
Oh, that pig is even more despicable than I ever imagined.
It’s gonna be okay, though. It’s only money…
Sunshine and happy thoughts aren’t going to get us through this, Charlotte. We need that money to survive.

Oh, God. Don’t tell me that your brother impregnated Emily Thorne.

Is Victoria’s heart still beating?
Was it ever?

You’re right, Charlotte.It was never about us. My plan was always to leave everything behind, you included. I only needed you to access the account. If you want to spend the summer with Amanda Clarke, go ahead. Let her be your family now.
You really are a monster, aren’t you?
Go on. And whatever happens, don’t come back here!
Tragic. Victoria pushing Charlie away|to save her? Bittersweet victory, Ems.

Oh. Huh. Well, you look different in 3D.
We all do.

But, uh… Could you turn around?
Need to put some pants on.

Who the hell is this?
Conrad, it’s Victoria.
Is this some kind of a joke?
Oh, you wish.
The next few moments are going to be the most important seconds of your miserable life. You are going to do exactly as I say, or I will haunt you all the way to your last pathetic day on earth.

So it’s true. Even the devil himself didn’t want you.
The only devil here is you. And don’t pretend for one moment that you didn’t try to murder me.
Oh, is that the story you’re telling yourself? I tried to save your life. I warned you not to get onto that plane.
You simply failed to tell me why.
Are you telling me you would’ve listened?

So what’s next?
Hit me. This is your one and only shot, so do it like a man, if it’s even possible.
Oh, dear. Nothing would give me greater pleasure.

Please tell me it’s really his.
Sorry.
I wish I could. I…I don’t know how to thank you.

I went to the bank and opened up a new trust account for you… one that Dad can’t touch. I transferred everything I own into it, including my half of the inheritance. You can even have my car if you want it.
What? Why are you doing this?
‘Cause when you were born, Mom made me promise to be nice to you, and I don’t want to let her down.

Conrad’s face when they enter the house and see Victoria.

But I don’t understand how you let him get away. Your men were on him. They’re still searching the area.
It’s a miracle what this woman can endure.
Son of a bitch.

Daniel. Oh, my God. My darling. Oh!
Charlotte? Sweetheart. This was the only way.
How is this even possible? What happened to you?
Your mother was abducted the night of the plane crash.
You were kidnapped?
And ransomed.

The man who I arranged to have us disappear… He was lethal.
When the money fell through, he turned on me. And as far as your father knows, you know nothing, and that’s the way it has to stay.
Got it.
Now what about Emily Thorne? How much did you tell her?
Everything I knew. But we can trust her, Mom.
Bring her to me immediately.

I was doing everything in my power to meet her abductor’s incessant demands. But it, uh, it bled me dry. Depleted almost all my accounts… And my daughter’s.
Are you saying that’s what happened to Charlotte’s inheritance?
Tonight was to be the final payment.
Why? Why didn’t you tell me? This whole time, you knew the truth? You could have at least told me my mother was alive.
My top priority was to protect her life. If I told you or anyone, Daniel…
You don’t understand what this man is capable of. He took down that plane. He killed poor Lydia.

How did this happen?
I’m still trying to figure that out. All I know is, she did not want to leave without me. I think this was her only way of getting out of hiding so we can be together. Emily, I told my mom we can trust you. Well, can we? Will you keep our secret? I know you must think my family’s crazy. But they’re my family, and I need my mother.
May I speak with her?
Mother?
Victoria. What an interesting turn of events.
Charlotte told me what a good friend you were to her after I was taken, and… I wanted to thank you.
Well, I did what anyone would do under the circumstances. I just wanted you to know that if you need anything, anything at all, I’ll be here all summer.
Thank you for what you did for Charlotte today. Well, obviously, I had no idea this is how it would all turn out.
Obviously.
You’ve been a good friend… To the family, Charlotte especially. Look, I know you and my mother have never gotten along, but, uh…
Well, tragedy has a way of bringing people back together.
Daniel.
You should go. Be with them.

Okay, in my defence, there is no way anyone could’ve seen that coming.
So is Charlotte moving in?
No.
She’s up at her house, celebrating her mother’s second coming.
Oh, victory, Victoria.
I told Amanda that I fixed the results… That Jack isn’t the father.
You lied to her? Ems… That’s dark, even for you.

You might want to turn on the TV.
We are confirming Victoria Grayson, who was thought to have died over two months ago in a private plane crash, was found earlier today.
No way.
Sources say Grayson was abducted and restrained here in this remote cabin. Her captor is still at large.
Looks like the bitch is back.

For those who believe in the resurrection, death is inconsequential. In the resurrection, those that were dead live, and those who live believe they shall never die.

Goodbye, Amanda. I’m sorry it has to end this way.

10/10

Revenge 2.03

You want head or legs?
Head.
Victoria tells the world Charlotte is David’s daughter.
And asks Amanda to come to the stage.
Guy choking Nolan.
Queen Victoria and her family.
Oh my God they’re stronger than ever.
Who is David Clark?
Takeida telling Emily she has to close her heart.
God Gordon, please be okay. I love you.

4.5/10

Nashville 1.01

The daughter from the trailer were better than these.
She’s sleeping around cause her mother is a drunkie.
You can kiss my decision as it’s waling out the door.
Will not be following it, unless I hear there is some good music.

2/10

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About me

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

currently following on tv

currently (re)watching

dexter final season

shows I need to catch up on

Feud
Transparent
Gentleman Jack

will watch at the cinema

Last films watched at the pictures that I loved

the substance
blink twice

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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)

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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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