Mal Quotes in Inception (2010)

[repeated lines]

Cobb: You're waiting for a train. A train that'll take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you. But you can't know for sure. Yet it doesn't matter. Now, tell me why?

Mal: Because you'll be together!

Mal: We'd be together forever. You promised me.

Cobb: I know. But we can't. And I'm sorry.

Mal: You remember when you asked me to marry you? You said you dreamt that we'd grow old together.

Cobb: But we did. We did. You don't remember?... I miss you more than I can bear, but... we had our time together. And I have to let go... I have to let you go.

Cobb: I can't stay with her anymore because she doesn't exist.

Mal: I'm the only thing you do believe in anymore.

Cobb: I wish. I wish more than anything. But I can't imagine you with all your complexity, all you perfection, all your imperfection. Look at you. You are just a shade of my real wife. You're the best I can do; but I'm sorry, you are just not good enough.

Mal: I'll tell you a riddle. You're waiting for a train, a train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you don't know for sure. But it doesn't matter. How can it not matter to you where that train will take you?

Mal: [Sitting on the ledge, to Cobb] I'm asking you to take a leap of faith.

Cobb: No I can't. You know I can't do that. Take a second, think about our children. Think about James. Think about Phillipa now.

Mal: If I go without you they'll take them away anyways.

Cobb: What does that mean?

Mal: I filed a letter with our attourney explaining how I'm fearful for my safety. How you've threatened to kill me.

Cobb: Why did you do that?

Mal: I love you, Dom.

Cobb: Why did you... why-why would you do that?

Mal: I freed you from the guilt of choosing to leave them. We're going home to our real children.

Cobb: No, no, no, no. Mal you listen to me, alright? Mal look at me, please.

Mal: [Closing her eyes] You're waiting for a train...

Cobb: Mal, goddammit! Don't do this!

Mal: A train that will take you far away...

Cobb: James and Phillipa are waiting!

Mal: You know where you hope this train will take you...

Cobb: They're waiting for us!

Mal: But you can't know for sure...

Cobb: Mal, look at me!

Mal: Yet it doesn't matter...

Cobb: Mal, goddammit!

Mal: Because you'll be together.

Cobb: Sweetheart! Look at me!

Mal: [Jumps off of the ledge]

Cobb: Mal, no! Jesus Christ!

Mal: What are you doing here?

Ariadne: My name is...

Mal: I know who you are. What are you doing here?

Ariadne: I'm just trying to understand...

Mal: How could you understand? Do you know what it is to be a lover? To be half of a whole?

Ariadne: No...

Mal: I'll tell you a riddle. You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you; but you don't know for sure. But it doesn't matter. How can it not matter to you where that train will take you?

Cobb: Because you'll be together.

Mal: Do you know what it is to be a lover? Half of a whole?

Mal: You keep telling yourself what you know. But what do you believe? What do you feel?

Cobb: Guilt.

Cobb: There's no use threatening him in a dream, right, Mal?

Mal: It depends on what you're threatening. Killing him will just wake him up. But pain...

[shoots Arthur in the knee]

Mal: Pain is in the mind, and judging by the decor we're in your mind, aren't we, Arthur?

Mal: No creeping doubts? Not feeling persecuted, Dom? Chased around the globe by anonymous corporations and police forces, the way the projections persecute the dreamer? Admit it: you don't believe in one reality anymore. So choose. Choose to be here. Choose me.

Mal: If I jump, would I survive?

Cobb: A clean dive, perhaps. Mal, what are you doing here?

Mal: I thought you might be missing me.

Cobb: You know I am but I can't trust you anymore.

Mal: So what?

[Mal attacks Cobb and Ariadne; Cobb closes elevator door before Mal can reach them]

Mal: You promised! You promised!

Cobb: Please, I just have to keep you here, just for now.

Mal: You said we'd be together! You said we'd grow old together!

Cobb: I'll come back, I promise.

[Mal glares at them]

Mal: Tell me, do the children miss me?

Cobb: You can't imagine...

Mal: Your world is not real!

[as the dream collapses]

Mal: [to Saito, handing him his secrets] He was close. Very close.

Mal: ...and judging by the decor, we're in your mind, aren't we, Arthur?

Mal: You're infecting my mind!

Cobb: I was trying to save you.

Mal: You betrayed me, but you can still make amends. You can still keep your promise. We can still be together, right here. In the world we built together.

Mal: You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you don't know for sure. Yet it doesn't matter, because we'll be together.

Stan Minton: What the fuck just happened in there?

Mal: You lost, Stanley.

Stan Minton: I didn't lose. You're the lawyer. You lost.

Mal: I'm truly sorry.

Stan Minton: Damn it man, I'm rich! I wanted some of that O.J. Justice.

Emmett: [holds up a pistol in a gunbelt] Want one of these?

Mal: [holds up two Henry rifles] This oughta do.

Mal: Mister, you got a lot to learn about people.

Sheriff Langston: What's all this then?

Carter: This nigger's breakin' up my place, Sheriff Langston.

Sheriff Langston: I don't like that word much, Carter.

Carter: We don't serve him here and you know it. I asked him to leave and he went crazy! Now he owes me money!

Sheriff Langston: Is that a fact?

Emmett: Afraid not, Sheriff.

[Points at the other two men lying on the floor]

Emmett: These other two fellows started the ruckus.

Sheriff Langston: [Points at Emmett and Paden] Are these your friends?

[Mal shakes his head]

Mal: I wanted a drink and a bed. I guess I came to the wrong place.

Sheriff Langston: Came to the wrong town. I don't tolerate this sort of thing. It's hard on the peace, and it's hard on the furniture. Now, knowing a bit about Carter here, I'm going to let you go without paying for the damages, but go you will, and I mean now.

Mal: Is there a place in town that takes "my kind?"

Sheriff Langston: You misunderstand. I want you out of town. In fact, I want you all the way out of my jurisdiction.

Mal: That ain't right.

Sheriff Langston: I decide what's right in this jurisdiction. Now, move.

[Mal prepares to leave but turns around as he is about to pass Sheriff Langston, heads back to the bar, finishes the drink the female bartender poured for him, and then leaves]

Carter: Hey, who's gonna pay for all this, Sheriff?

Sheriff Langston: Don't press your luck, Carter.

Jake: You've been to Chicago?

Mal: Yeah.

Jake: Was it wonderful?

Mal: No.

Emmett: [Emmett, Paden, Jake, and Mal are about to ride into town to face McKendrick, Sheriff Cobb and his deputies. Emmett turns to the others] I'll see you 'round.

Paden: Last one at the Midnight Star buys.

Jake: You're on. Let's get 'em!

Mal: [Emmett and Jake ride down the hill into town. Before following, Mal turns to Paden] Hey, Paden. Good luck.

Dawson: What brings you out of your hole, Ezra?

Ezra: My son. He's come home.

Dawson: Ain't that sweet! I'm afraid you boys are trespassing on McKendrick land.

Mal: You got it all wrong, Mister. This is our land.

Dawson: Mr. McKendrick bought this land from your father.

Ezra: That's a lie!

Mal: Tomorrow we'll go into town and straighten this out once and for all. And then we'll be back here, farming. If I catch any of those cattle on our land after tomorrow, I'm gonna start carvin' them into steaks. And believe me, that's one thing I know about.

Dawson: Killin' cattle is a hanging offense in these parts! If we shot you down right now, we'd be within our rights.

Mal: Mister - you ever seen what a Henry rifle can do in the hands of somebody who knows how to use it?

Dawson: Who would that be? You?

[Ezra cocks the rifle]

Dawson: [Riding off] This ain't the end of it!

Mal: If I find any cattle on our land, I'm gonna start carvin' them into steaks. And believe me, that's one thing I know about.

Paden: What happened to Emmett?

Mal: Cobb's men just about killed him, that's what happened. I got there just short of too late.

Paden: Lucky.

Mal: Yeah. It's workin' out really good.

Paden: Why are they doing this Mal?

Mal: [Sitting in a jail cell after having been beaten up] Because they enjoy it.

Old Man Peanut: Poof?

Mal: He's thinking of Farrady. He's been dead for years.

Meredith: Farraday. He was alright. He was a gentle giant.

Mal: He was only 5'4''

Meredith: I fucked him back in the 80's. I'm telling you, he was a gentle giant.

Mal: Did you? I didn't know that.

Old Man Peanut: We do now.

Meredith: He was a very shy man. I liked him.

Old Man Peanut: No, it's not that cunt I'm thinking of. It was that other cunt. Cunt with the ears. Pen and inked something terrible.

Mal: That's Dougie Clark. The Human Stinkbomb.

Old Man Peanut: I've got a bone to pick with that cunt.

Mal: You can't get close enough though, can you?

Archie: Are you hearing this? What you've done? What you're responsible for? Are you proud of yourself? Was it worth it? All this pain.

Mal: Fucked his wife. Fucked his fucking wife. You fucking wife-fucker, you. You fucked his fucking wife, you wife-fucking cunt. Another man's wife. Are you stupid, are you fucking thick, you cunt? Fuck another man's wife? You don't do that. It ends in this. This. This is where it ends. You listening, you hearing me? Shitter? Little shitter?

Archie: You should have got your own fucking wife to fuck!

Mal: You're in deep shit mate. You're in the worst possible place a man could find himself.

[first lines]

Mal's Mother: Malcolm, want your dinner now? I made fish sticks with mashed potatoes and string beans, okay? Did you hear me? Well, if you're not gonna tell me what you want, I'm gonna make your decisions for you,and you get what you get. Christ, the older you are, the more you remind me of your father. You hear that, Mal?

Mal's Mother: [seeing him aiming at her from the hallway] What is that thing?

Mal: [shoots her]

Mal's Mother: [with labored breathing] Did you just do what I think you did? Oh, Mal! Who's gonna clean this up now.

[collapses]

Mal: You should think about going on a diet. You're a little overweight.

Sales Girl: You smell, and have bad breath.

Jeff: Why did you shoot them?

Mal: Because they were there.

Jeff: I used to work at the mall. You could have shot me.

Mal: There's a .45 in my bag, and you're gonna get it.

Jeff: Why, so you can kill me?

Mal: No, idiot. So you can kill *me*.