Beauty and the Beast Quotes (cont.)

Vincent: Laura is a remarkable person. She feels... everything, deeply. She embraces life. That's how she survives.
Catherine: You're worried about her, coming up into the world.
Vincent: Her strength is her vulnerability.
Catherine: I think she'll be fine, Vincent. I really do... She had a great teacher.

Vincent: Have you seen him?
Catherine: They wouldn't let me... Don't be ashamed, Vincent. You only did what you had to do.
Vincent: I know that.
Catherine: I was the one who was unfair. I just thought that you were feeling betrayed. I forgot for a moment how you trust me. I should have trusted you.... How did you know?
Vincent: I knew, because... somehow, somewhere deep inside, you--you must have known.

Vincent: I will always cherish the moment we first met. How you saw me, how you accepted me.
Lena: You did the same for me.
Vincent: I know. But, what you ask now isn't possible.
Lena: Why?
Vincent: Because... my heart... is bound to another.
Lena: ... Catherine?
Vincent: Yes.
Lena: Do you love her?
Vincent: With all that I am. With all... that I can ever become.

Vincent: You didn't come this far, Catherine, to turn back now.
Catherine: I came this far because of you! I don't want to leave you behind.
Vincent: Beyond these tunnels, beyond this city, is a world of possibilities, and wonders, and--and things, calling out to be done. These things I could only dream about until you came into my life. Catherine, don't you understand? You must go. You must see, you must do, everything you were meant to do. For me, for both of us. And then, I can truly be with you. Always.
Catherine: There's no other way?
Vincent: No. Not for us.

Vincent: Catherine, your mother's memory reminds you of your aloneness. Of the family you lost when she died. Of all the friends you left behind when our paths crossed. Because that secret that you carry now, our secret, sets you apart--from your past, your friends, even from the family you are yet to have, the children waiting to be born. Catherine, the burden you bear with that secret is your aloneness... Know that our bond, our dream, exists at the cost of all your other dreams. Know that, Catherine.
Catherine: It's worth it.

Father: What is it? What's distracting you so? As if I had to ask.
Vincent: She's in great turmoil.... Don't worry yourself about me, Father.
Father: I sometimes feel... I'm standing on the bank of a raging river, watching you try to swim across. How can I not worry? I'd be a fool. And yet Vincent, at the same time, I have to marvel at your courage.
Vincent: Catherine swims across that river as well. She faces the same dangers, shows the same courage. And in many ways the toll on her is even greater.
Father: You really think that's so?
Vincent: On her side of the river there is no one standing on the bank, watching. On her side of the river there is no one praying for her safe passage. On her side of the river, Father, there is no one but Catherine.
Father: Then I shall stand watch, and pray, for both of you.

Vincent: What we shared will never die. I'll always be with you. Goodbye, Catherine. Be happy.

Catherine: Oh, forgive me! Forgive me for doubting! What we have is all that matters! It's worth everything!
Vincent: Everything!

Father: All right... If the head injury was very severe, I wouldn't be lucid. And I am lucid... aren't I?
Vincent: So far.
Father: So far? Well, in that case I shall recite from Virgil on the hour, just to make sure.
Vincent: Then I'll be asleep.

Father: I ought to have my head examined for letting you talk me into this.
Sebastian: You can examine it all you like, Jacob. It won't help your game one little bit.

Father: You know, in its time the waltz was considered to be quite scandalous. Wicked, even.
Catherine: Huh. Imagine that!
(Catherine then goes and asks Vincent to dance.)

Joe: That's what I like to see, taxpayer money hard at work.
Catherine: I never thought of that. Huh. I pay my own salary!

Catherine: Excuse me. I'm looking for Studio Five.
Guy: Hey, life's a journey. I'm looking for the men's room.

Father: Vincent. How about a game of chess?
Vincent: Not tonight.
Father: Ah, I see. The prospect of beating me doesn't excite you, eh?
Vincent: Well, I must admit, that thrill has begin to wear thin.
Father: Are you suggesting it's no contest any more? ... You might be surprised.
Vincent: I've never been one to deny the possibility of miracles.
Father: Miracles, eh? That bad, is it? ... And I was just about to say how pleasant it was spending an evening with you!

Joe: How was the flight?
Catherine: Smooth flight. Dopey movie.
Gina: I didn't eat a thing. Have you ever had airplane lasagna?
Joe: Ooh.
Catherine: Joe only eats his mother's lasagna.
Joe: That's not true!

Devin: Joe tells me you're as good as they come. And you have an enormous crush on him you're trying to keep a secret.
Joe: Hey, wait a minute, I didn't say that!
Catherine: I've finally managed to get it under control!

Father: We thought... you know, we thought, after all these years, never a word, never a hint... as to whether you were alive... or dead...
Devin: Well, you're not exactly listed in the phone book.

Winslow: Oh, look at this. Thank you, Catherine!
Catherine: Just a few odds and ends from around the house.
Vincent: (amused) You should learn to remove the price tags from your 'odds and ends.'
Catherine: My father bought this when he took up skiing, and put it in the drawer after one trip down the slopes. What do you think? (holds the sweater up to Father)
Cullen: It's him. Father, that is definitely you.
Father: The sweater? Yes, well, it's just what I need for when I... go skiing.

Catherine: And now, a bath!
Tony: No. No woman gives me a bath!
Catherine: Wrong! I'm not having my couch all covered with dirt. Now off with it!
Tony: No! I'll do it myself!
Catherine: Okay. But I want results! Use the soap--don't steal it!

Father: No, uh... 'Imogen.'
Vincent: Please, Father! 'Imogen?'
Father: What's wrong with 'Imogen?'
Vincent: Well, for one thing, it's difficult to pronounce!
Father: It was good enough for Shakespeare!
Vincent: Well if it's Shakespeare you're set on, then why not 'Juliet?' Or 'Mariah?'
Catherine: What's going on?
Father: Oh we were, uh, discussing possible names for the child.
Vincent: After every birth the child is welcomed into the community with a Naming Ceremony.
Catherine: Don't you think Lena should have a say in it?
Vincent: Well, yes, of course--
Father: Of course--by all means ... We were just, er... speculating.
Catherine: I see.

Catherine: Tell me.
Joe: Radcliffe, you need someone who's more, ah...
Catherine: More...?
Catherine: I think I do.

Edie: Are we preparing to invade New Jersey? Why don't they consult me on these things?
Catherine: Because they know what you'd say!
Edie: Yeah, forget Jersey! Go directly to Rio!
Catherine: Been home nights watching old Fred Astaire movies?
Edie: My relationship with Fred is none of your business, and if you must know, more fulfilling than all recent boyfriends put together!

Joe: Cathy, what's it gonna take to convince you the guy is dead?
Catherine: Well then a dead man did a sketch of me last night!
Joe: Hey, you said it, I didn't.

Hughes: You spoke the name, 'Catherine.' Who is Catherine?
Vincent: She is everything. But she lives only in my heart.

Vincent: (about Catherine) She's a rare person. You couldn't have a better guide.

Vincent: (about Catherine) How could anyone not love her?

Vincent: I realize that to you I am a stranger, and that was not your choice. But what Catherine and I share has taken great courage, especially for Catherine. She sacrificed much in order to live a life of generosity and of love.
Catherine: Daddy, I've gotten so much back. I had to change. I had to find my own strength. And Vincent has helped me to do that.

Vincent: (to Catherine) You look like an angel, standing there.

Vincent: Mine was another life before Catherine! I'm changed--forever!

Joe: You know, you work yourself too hard, and I take advantage.
Catherine: We all work too hard.
Joe: But I pushed it. I knew you were trying to prove yourself.
Catherine: And you gave me a chance to.

Devin: What are you doing here, anyway? It's like you knew I was gonna be here!
Vincent: Catherine saw you last night at the carousel and followed you here.
Devin: Catherine? You mean, Chandler, from the D.A.'s office? ... Small world. So, you have a Helper in the D.A.'s office?
Vincent: Catherine is... more than just a Helper.
Devin: Things change, I guess.

Vincent: (about Catherine) She is my life. I am bound by my heart to go on.

Catherine: Nobody cuts me any slack. But when I do get a kind word, it's because I'm doing the job, not because I'm the boss's daughter.

Tony: I--I've never seen anyone like you before!
Vincent: There's never been anyone like me before.

Brooke: Vincent always says that love is more important than anything.

Catherine: Don't worry, Vincent. Michael comes Above with a great advantage over almost everyone else up here... He has your faith in him.

Catherine: That's a mysterious smile.
Vincent: Look... the moon.
Catherine: It looks enormous.
Vincent: Do you remember the first time you saw the moon?
Catherine: (laughs) Who would remember the first ti-- Can you?
Vincent: Mmm-hmm.

Vincent: You have a generous heart, Catherine.
Catherine: Something I learned from you.
Vincent: No. It can't be taught. It's from the soul. And you have so much to give.
Catherine: ... It's all still very new... Sometimes I wonder, how all those little pieces will ever fit together again.
Vincent: Follow your heart, Catherine. Follow your heart. You must.

Vincent: Catherine, since that night when I found you in the park, I've felt in you, time and again, a need to confront your fear... As you did last night.
Catherine: Why are you telling me this?
Vincent: I don't want what happened to you to cause you to take unnecessary risks.
Catherine: Vincent, they needed my help.
Vincent: You survived once.
Catherine: It's because I survived then that I'm doing this now. So that others are spared.

Vincent: Catherine, I understand why you expose yourself to danger.
Catherine: Because there are some risks worth taking.
Vincent: And there are some things worth risking everything for.

Joe: Did I tell you how gorgeous you look?
Catherine: No.
Joe: Well, consider it done.

Kristopher: So you'll pose for me, right?
Catherine: Oh, you never give up!
Kristopher: Does a moth give up when he sees the most beautiful flame he's ever beheld?
Catherine: That is a good way to get your wings singed.

Vincent: I've lived here all my life, and yet it's as though I've never seen the city... until tonight.
Catherine: You've seen so much of the violence and hatred of my world. I wanted you to know that there's beauty as well.
Vincent: Oh... I know that. Ever since the night I found you, Catherine.

Man: My crime was that I grew old. You see, in the world Above people don't want to look at me, an old man, this unpleasant reminder of their future. I was to be cast away, hidden from the eyes of the young, who want to believe they'll live forever. In the world Above I lived too long. But here, Below, I've not lived long enough. So why am I here? To make memories, so that the last moments of my life may be as full of warmth and love, as the very first moments of my life.

Mouse: I help everyone, and everyone helps me. I go, they miss me. I come back, they're glad. Never alone. Before, I was no one. Now I am me.

Father: Hopes and dreams created this fragile world. Pride and vigilance maintain it, and it survives only because it is separate and apart. It is a refuge, where the disillusioned regain their vision. Where the lost become found. Where each one of us can explore the best of our being, the best of what it means to be... human. And to be alive.

Vincent: My very existence lies here, within these tunnels. It is my salvation. I couldn't exist elsewhere. Without this place there is nothing for me.

Father: Our strength lies in our unity.

Father: I understand the problem enough to know it isn't ours.
Vincent: Does our world exempt its people from moral responsibility?
Father: No, it offers them sanctuary, from an impossible mess... especially those who most need to be protected, like the girl.

Father: This place, our world, means different things to different people. For some, it's a place of healing, and safety. To others, it's our home. But all of us reach a point when we have to decide for ourselves what this place means to us.

Vincent: Catherine, your gifts brought much joy today.
Catherine: I wish I could do more. There's so many things I wish I could give you.
Vincent: But you give of yourself--your generosity, friendship--to all of us. There is no more than that.
Catherine: You know what I mean.
Vincent: Well, with what our friends bring to us and what the world Above casts aside, we have everything we need.

Lena: What's that sound?
Father: Oh, that's how we communicate with each other--tapping on the pipes.
Lena: Come on, really?
Father: Yes, really.

Vincent: I betrayed Michael. I betrayed you. Everything I hold dear.
Catherine: How did you betray us?
Vincent: ... I know what it is to love you... I love Michael like a brother, like a son. But his life has been such a struggle... He needed to be healed by your tenderness. And yet, I was unwilling to share your love with anyone.
Catherine: Don't be ashamed of those feelings.
Vincent: It violates everything I believe.
Catherine: Don't you think I have those feelings too? Sometimes, I envy Father, and others in your life who receive your love and your care every day! I know those feelings. They are ugly. But... all of those feelings come from love. They are the other side of it. To turn away from them is to forget where they come from!
Vincent: Catherine... the better part of me would rejoice to see you find love with someone as fine and as good as Michael. You have so much love to give--
Catherine: Because of you!
Vincent: What we share must always be so measured, so limited--
Catherine: We don't know what the limits are!
Vincent: You deserve a life without limits!
Catherine: There is no life without limits!... Vincent, if this is my fate, I accept it, gratefully. You must believe that. Don't be afraid to want it, even only for yourself. Don't be afraid to deserve it. You deserve everything!


Though lovers be lost, love shall not, and death shall have no dominion.


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