Pepa Quotes in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

Pepa: Hello. I'm the mother of the notorious Crossroads Killer. When my son comes home after one of his famous crimes, his clothes are just filthy.

[Pepa holds up a bloody shirt. The police arrive]

PolicÃŒa I: Where are the clothes your son wore...

PolicÃŒa II: At the time of the murder?

[Pepa takes a clean shirt out of the dryer]

Pepa: Right here. Sparkling clean.

PolicÃŒa I: No trace of blood.

PolicÃŒa II: Or guts.

PolicÃŒa I: Unbelievable!

[Pepa holds up a box of detergent]

Pepa: Ecce Homo. It's unbelievable.

Iv·n: How many men have you had to forget?

Pepa: As many as the women you remember.

Pepa: Follow that cab!

Cabdriver: I thought this only happened in the movies.

PolicÃŒa I: What's going on?

Pepa: Nothing. Just discussing the lady's dress.

Candela: [in tears] It's awful!

Carlos: It's only a dress.

Candela: But it's awful!

Pepa: For two days everyone has been saying no to me. Now it's my turn to say no.

Pepa: That lady is dangerous.

Cabdriver: No lady's dangerous if you know how to handle her.

Pepa: I'm sick of being good.

Ana: I'm fed up. I'm gonna get myself some quick cash, buy myself his bike and split. With a bike, who needs a man?

Pepa: Learning mechanics is easier than learning male psychology. You can figure out a bike, but you can never figure out a man.

Carlos: [Carrying Marisa, who has passed out, onto the patio] But a minute ago...

Pepa: A minute ago she wanted to go home but since you ignored her, she got depressed and had some gazpacho.

Carlos: Ah. That made her fall asleep?

Pepa: Yes. It was spiked with barbiturates. Sorry.

Paulina Morales: She must turn herself in, go to jail, and let the jury decide her case.

Pepa: I don't understand.

Paulina Morales: She's committed a crime.

Pepa: Her only crime was falling in love and being afraid. I'd do the same.

Paulina Morales: I'm sure.

Carlos: What happened?

Pepa: She fell asleep.

Candela: So suddenly?

Pepa: Yes. The strangest things can happen suddenly.

Pepa: You could have killed yourself!

Candela: That was the idea. I'm desperate.

Pepa: So am I, but I don't jump off terraces.

Candela: I didn't know where to go. I couldn't face my folks. It's bad enough that I became a model.