Partridge Quotes in Equilibrium (2002)

Partridge: You always knew.

[begins to read from Yeats]

Partridge: "But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams." I assume you dream, Preston.

John Preston: I'll do what I can to see they go easy on you.

Partridge: We both know they never "go easy".

John Preston: Then, I'm sorry.

Partridge: No, you're not. You don't even know the meaning. Its just a vestigial word for a feeling you've never felt.

John Preston: There's no war. No murder.

Partridge: What is it you think we do?

John Preston: No. You've been with me, you've seen how it can be - the jealousy, rage.

Partridge: A heavy cost. I pay it gladly.

[Reaches for his gun]

John Preston: When we return from the Nether it always reminds me of why we do what we do.

Partridge: It does?

John Preston: [pauses; He takes notice of Partridge's intonation] I beg your pardon?

Partridge: [Withdraws Prozium-administering device from his pocket and injects himself with it] It does.