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The Misfits (1961) More at IMDbPro »

[Gay is giving Roslyn a ride back to town]
Gay: You're a real beautiful woman. It's almost kind of an honor sittin' next to ya'. That's my true feelin's Roslyn.

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Gay: What makes you so sad? You're the saddest girl I ever met.
Roslyn: You're the first man who's ever said that. I'm usually told how happy I am.
Gay: That's because you make a man feel happy.
[He tries to kiss her, but she demures]
Roslyn: I don't feel that way about you, Gay.
Gay: Don't get discouraged girl, you might.

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Roslyn: Did you ever think about gettin' married again?
Gay: Oh, I think about it; never in daylight.

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Gay: Let's just live.

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Perce: How come you got such trust in your eyes, like you was just born?

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Gay: Honey, we all got to go sometime, reason or no reason. Dyin's as natural as livin'. The man who's too afraid to die is too afraid to live.

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Perce: So what I want to know... what I want to know is: who do you depend on?
Roslyn: I don't know. Maybe all there really is is just the next thing. The next thing that happens. Maybe you're not supposed to remember anybody's promises.

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Gay: What's eatin' you?
Guido: Just my life.

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[Last lines]
Roslyn: Which way is home?
Gay: God bless you girl.
Roslyn: How do you find your way back in the dark?
Gay: Just head for that big star straight on. The highway's under it. It'll take us right home.

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Guido: Have you ever been outside Reno, Ms. Taber?
Roslyn: Once I walked to the edge of town; doesn't look like there's much out there.
Gay: Everything's there!
Roslyn: Like what?
Gay: The country!
Roslyn: Well, what do you do with yourself?
Gay: Just live.
Roslyn: How does anyone "just live"?
Gay: Well, you start by going to sleep. You get up when you feel like it. You scratch yourself. You fry yourself some eggs. You see what kind of a day it is; throw stones at a can, whistle.

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Roslyn: We're all dying aren't we. We're not teaching each other what we really know, are we?

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Roslyn: If I'm going to be alone, I want to be by myself.

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Isabelle Steers: One thing about this town, it's always full of interesting strangers.

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Guido: She wasn't like any other woman. Stood by me 100%, uncomplaining as a tree.
Roslyn: Maybe that's what killed her.

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Gay: You know, sometimes when a person don't know what to do, the best thing is to just stand still.

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Perce: Do you belong to Gay?
Roslyn: I don't know where I belong.

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Roslyn: [to Perce] Didn't anyone ever cry for you before?

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Gay: Honey, nothing can live unless something dies.

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Roslyn: uh, you never had any idea, huh?
Gay: Nah, you know in those days I thought you got married and that was it, but nothing is it, not forever.

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Guido: You have the gift for life, Rosylyn. The rest of us, we're just looking for a place to hide and watch it all go by.

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Roslyn: You could blow up the whole world and end up feeling sorry for yourself.

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Guido: She's crazy. They're all crazy. You try not to believe it cause you need them. She's crazy. You struggle, you build, you try, you turn yourself inside out for 'em but its never enough. So they put the spurs to you - I know, I got the marks. I know this racket, I just forgot what I knew for a while.

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Roslyn: Killers! Murders! You liars! All of you liars! You're only happy when you can see something die! Why don't you kil yourself to be happy! You and your God's country! Freedom! I am not kidding you, you're three sweet damned men!

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Gay: I just need to find another way to feel alive, that's all.

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Isabelle Steers: The Leave It state. Ya got money you want to gamble? Leave it here. You got a wife you want to get ride of? Get rid of her here. Extra atom bomb you don't need? Blow it up here. Nobody's gonna mind in the slightest.

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