Maria Coughlin Quotes in Trust (1990)

Maria Coughlin: Do you miss your kids?

Peg Coughlin: Sure.

Maria: Do you hate your husband?

Peg: Absolutely.

Maria: Would you ever get married again?

Peg: Of course.

Maria Coughlin: He's dangerous but sincere.

Nurse Paine: Sincerely dangerous.

Maria Coughlin: No, he's dangerous *because* he's sincere.

Matthew: How long do you think it'll take?

Maria Coughlin: I don't know. Not long, i guess.

Matthew: Are you okay?

Maria Coughlin: Yeah. You?

Matthew: I feel like smashing things up.

Maria Coughlin: Relax. There's nothing to worry about. Why don't you go for a walk.

Matthew: I don't wanna take a walk. You sure you wanna go through with this?

Maria Coughlin: What do you mean?

Matthew: Marry me.

Maria Coughlin: Don't be crazy.

Matthew: Marry me! Have the baby, we'll be a family.

Maria Coughlin: You're delirious.

Matthew: Sorry.

Maria Coughlin: It's okay.

Matthew: How long do you think it'll take?

Maria Coughlin: I don't know. Not long, i guess.

Matthew: Are you okay?

Maria Coughlin: Yeah. You?

Matthew: I feel like tearing somebody's head off.

Matthew Slaughter: I had a bad day, I had to subvert my principles and kowtow to an idiot. Television makes these daily sacrifices possible. Deadens the inner core of my being.

Maria Coughlin: Let's move away then.

Matthew Slaughter: They have television everywhere, there's no escape.

Maria Coughlin: Do you trust me?

Maria Coughlin: I am ashamed. I am ashamed of being young I am ashamed of being stupid.

Maria Coughlin: I'm looking at this guy, right? And I looked at him a lot before. So now I know that I have this little piece of him actually in me. Physically in me, and it makes me feel completely different, I don't know, sort of special or something. So I'm talking to him... I'm talking to him and I realize, I'm, I'm talking to him, and I realize that he doesn't even see me. And I'm wondering what it was he was seeing when he did this. I go over it in my head, and now I know what it was he was seeing. It's really simple. He's seeing my legs. He 's seeing my breasts. My ass. My mouth. He's seeing my cunt... How can I have been so stupid? That's really all there is to see, isn't it?

Matthew Slaughter: Why have you done this?

Maria Coughlin: Done what?

Matthew Slaughter: Why do you put up with me like this?

Maria Coughlin: Someone had to.

Matthew Slaughter: But why you?

Maria Coughlin: I just happened to be here.