Patsy Newquist Quotes in Little Murders (1971)

Patsy Newquist: Kissing you is like kissing white bread!

Patsy Newquist: I want to be married to a big, strong, vital, virile, self-assured man... that I can protect and take care of.

Patsy Newquist: Now, I'm not saying that I'm any better or stronger than you are. It's just, we... you and I have different temperaments. And my temperament is better and stronger than yours!

Patsy Newquist: Alfred, you're the first man I've ever gone to bed with where I didn't feel he was a lot more likely to get pregnant than I was!

Alfred Chamberlain: I trust you.

Patsy Newquist: Oh, Alfred, do you really?

Alfred Chamberlain: I nearly trust you.

Patsy Newquist: Nearly?

Alfred Chamberlain: I nearly do. I really nearly do.

Patsy Newquist: [ecstatically] Oh, Alfred!

Patsy Newquist: Honey, I don't want to hurt you. I want to change you.

Patsy Newquist: Are you really so down on people, or are you just being fashionable?

Patsy Newquist: It isn't just pain you don't feel, you don't feel pleasure!

Alfred Chamberlain: I do feel pleasure.

Patsy Newquist: About what?

Alfred Chamberlain: A lot of things.

Patsy Newquist: Name one!

Alfred Chamberlain: My work.

Patsy Newquist: Oh, name another.

Alfred Chamberlain: Sleeping.

Patsy Newquist: Work and sleeping. Oh, that's just great! What about sex?

Alfred Chamberlain: Makes you sleep better.

Patsy Newquist: And you're going to feel starting right now, is that right? I don't want a nod, I want an answer. Say, "yes, Patsy."

Alfred Chamberlain: Yes, Patsy.

Patsy Newquist: Yes, Patsy what?

Alfred Chamberlain: Yes, Patsy, I'm going to feel.

Patsy Newquist: Starting when?

Alfred Chamberlain: Starting as soon as I can manage it.

Patsy Newquist: Starting when?

Alfred Chamberlain: Starting now.

Patsy Newquist: And what's your first feeling?

Alfred Chamberlain: Er, it's sort of distant.