Leigh Quotes in Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

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Leigh Quotes:

  • Napoleon Wilson: Still have the gun?

    Leigh: Two shots. Should I save them for the two of us?

    Napoleon Wilson: Save 'em for the first two assholes who come through that vent.

  • Leigh: The very least of our problems is that we're out of time.

    Wilson: It's an old story with me. I was born out of time.

  • [Offering Bishop coffee]

    Leigh: Black?

    Bishop: For over thirty years.

  • Leigh: I'm curious about one thing.

    Napoleon Wilson: Just one?

    Leigh: No, there are other things. But at the moment this one interests me the most.

    Napoleon Wilson: What's that?

    Leigh: Why didn't you climb through that vent and take off down the sewer in the other direction?

    Napoleon Wilson: Well, there are two things a man should never run from, even if they cost him his life. One is a man who's helpless and can't run with you.

    Leigh: What's the other?

    [Napoleon stares at her]

  • Wilson: That basement's not a bad place to be if they come at us again. The only way in aside from the vent is through that long narrow hallway. We might be able to hold them back for a couple of minutes... at best.

    Lt. Ethan Bishop: We'd be trapped down there. No chance of escape.

    Wilson: Well, we're not going to last one minute up here with only eight shots between us. The upstairs is out. It's flat, wide open up there. No cover at all.

    Lt. Ethan Bishop: [after a pause; confident tone] Someone will come.

    Wilson: A man with faith. That's a rare quality.

    [to Leigh]

    Wilson: What about you?

    Leigh: I've never had much faith in anyone coming to my rescue.

    Wilson: Maybe you've been associating with the wrong kind of people.

    Leigh: I've worked with police officers for five years.

  • Leigh: I go through all that, and his gun isn't even loaded.

  • Napoleon Wilson: Someone will come.

    Leigh: A man with faith, a rare quality.

    Leigh: What about you?

    Napoleon Wilson: I've never had too much faith in anyone coming to my rescue.

    Napoleon Wilson: Maybe you've been associating with the wrong people.

    Leigh: I've been with policemen for five years.

    Napoleon Wilson: That's enough to grow hair on a rock.

  • Leigh: I'm sucking off his youth like a vampire.

  • Leigh: I'm not invisible. I'm the fucking lifeguard, mother fucker.

  • Mel: We're trying to get pregnant.

    Leigh: Like, with a human baby?

  • Leigh: They're little. They're buried stories I guess. But they're yours so you get attached.

  • Leigh: Are you insane? You want to face this cold, harsh world without a high school diploma? Why don't you just blind yourselves while you're at it.

  • Leigh: I'm allowed to be confused and stumble once in a while.

  • Leigh: I wanna move back with you guys.

    Justine: You're 30 years old.

    Leigh: I'm 29 and 10 months. I've never, you know, asked for... I just need some time out of my life.

    Justine: Well, we all do.

    Hans: Are you alright Leigh?

    Leigh: Yeah. I just don't want to turn 30 and still be in that life any more.

    Hans: What's wrong with the life you have in the city?

    Leigh: It's not... It's not good. I'm not... I'm not happy.

    Hans: Are you depressed?

    Justine: Is that it? Are you depressed?

    Leigh: No, not clinically. My life hasn't turned out like I pictured.

  • Leigh: Well, despite our elderliness, some things remain from our youth.

  • Leigh: I'm not a babysitter. I'm not here to be screamed at!

  • Leigh: I'm just supposed to make sure you don't die.

  • Leigh: You're 16. You have your whole life ahead of you. You have no idea how lucky you are right now.

  • Mel: I really needed to have fun tonight. And you didn't even care. And you don't even... You never ask how I am...

    Leigh: Mel, what's wrong?

    Mel: It's just really hard trying to get pregnant.

    Leigh: I think that's normal, right?

    Todd: Isn't your life perfect?

    Mel: No!

  • Matt: I'm not staying in this fucking town with these asshole people, okay? There is like a world out there, outside this town.

    Leigh: The world is full of assholes.

  • Little Jason: Why would you do this for me?

    Leigh: Because you know who you are. And what you need. You really do. And you're gonna be just fine. You are. Believe me. Believe me.

  • Leigh: Is this parking lot, like, passed down in the DNA of skaters... like a geese migratory path?

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