Valerie Quotes in V for Vendetta (2005)

Valerie: I know there's no way I can convince you this is not one of their tricks, but I don't care, I am me. My name is Valerie, I don't think I'll live much longer and I wanted to tell someone about my life. This is the only autobiography I'll ever write, and god, I'm writing it on toilet paper. I was born in Nottingham in 1985, I don't remember much of those early years, but I do remember the rain. My grandmother owned a farm in Tuttlebrook, and she use to tell me that god was in the rain. I passed my 11th lesson into girl's grammar; it was at school that I met my first girlfriend, her name was Sara. It was her wrists. They were beautiful. I thought we would love each other forever. I remember our teacher telling us that is was an adolescent phase people outgrew. Sara did, I didn't. In 2002, I fell in love with a girl named Christina. That year I came out to my parents. I couldn't have done it without Chris holding my hand. My father wouldn't look at me, he told me to go and never come back. My mother said nothing. But I had only told them the truth, was that so selfish? Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us, but within that inch, we are free. I'd always known what I wanted to do with my life, and in 2015 I starred in my first film, "The Salt Flats". It was the most important role of my life, not because of my career, but because that was how I met Ruth. The first time we kissed, I knew I never wanted to kiss any other lips but hers again. We moved to a small flat in London together. She grew Scarlet Carsons for me in our window box, and our place always smelled of roses. Those were there best years of my life. But America's war grew worse, and worse. And eventually came to London. After that there were no roses anymore. Not for anyone. I remember how the meaning of words began to change. How unfamiliar words like "collateral" and "rendition" became frightening. While things like Norse Fire and The Articles of Allegiance became powerful, I remember how different became dangerous. I still don't understand it, why they hate us so much. They took Ruth while she was out buying food. I've never cried so hard in my life. It wasn't long till they came for me. It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years, I had roses, and apologized to no one. I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An Inch, it is small and it is fragile, but it is the only thing the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must never let them take it from us. I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the world turns and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you. I love you. With all my heart, I love you. -Valerie

Valerie: It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses and apologized to no one. I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An inch. It is small and it is fragile and it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must NEVER let them take it from us. I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the worlds turns, and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that, even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you, I love you. With all my heart, I love you. Valerie.

Valerie: I remember how the meaning of words began to change. How unfamiliar words like "collateral" and "rendition" became frightening, while things like Norsefire and the Articles of Allegiance became powerful. I remember how "different" became dangerous. I still don't understand it, why they hate us so much.

Valerie: It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, and apologized to no one.

Valerie: I know there's no way I can convince you this is not one of their tricks, but I don't care. I am me. My name is Valerie. I don't think I'll live much longer, and I wanted to tell someone about my life. This is the only autobiography that I will ever write and God, I'm writing it on toilet paper. I was born in Nottingham in 1985. I don't remember much of those early years, but I do remember the rain. My grandmother owned a farm in Tottle Brook and she used to tell me that God was in the rain. I passed my 11 Plus and went to girls' grammar. It was at school that I met my first girlfriend. Her name was Sarah. It was her wrists. They were beautiful. I thought we would love each other forever. I remember our teacher telling us that it was an adolescent phase that people outgrew. Sarah did. I didn't. In 2002, I fell in love with a girl named Christina. That year I came out to my parents. I couldn't have done it without Chris holding my hand. My father wouldn't look at me. He told me to go and never come back. My mother said nothing. But I'd only told them the truth. Was that so selfish? Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us. But within that inch we are free. I'd always known what I wanted to do with my life and in 2015 I starred in my first film, The Salt Flats. It was the most important role of my life. Not because of my career, but because that was how I met Ruth. The first time we kissed I knew I never wanted to kiss any other lips but hers again. We moved to a small flat in London together. She grew Scarlet Carsons for me in our window box and our place always smelt of roses. Those were the best years of my life.

Valerie: But America's war grew worse and worse and eventually it came to London. After that there were no roses anymore. Not for anyone.

Valerie: They took Ruth while she was out buying food. I've never cried so hard in my life. It wasn't long till they came for me.

Valerie: I know there's no way I can convince you this is not one of their tricks, but I don't care. I am me. My name is Valerie. I don't think I'll live much longer and I wanted to tell someone about my life. This is the only autobiography I'll ever write, and God, I'm writing it on toilet paper. I was born in Nottingham in 1985. I don't remember much of those early years, but I do remember the rain. My grandmother owned a farm in Tuttlebrook, and she used to tell me that God was in the rain. I passed my 11th lesson into girl's grammar. It was at school that I met my first girlfriend. Her name was Sara. It was her wrists. They were beautiful. I thought we would love each other forever. I remember our teacher telling us that it was an adolescent phase people outgrew. Sara did. I didn't. In 2002, I fell in love with a girl named Christina. That year I came out to my parents. I couldn't have done it without Chris holding my hand. My father wouldn't look at me; he told me to go and never come back. My mother said nothing. But I had only told them the truth. Was that so selfish? Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us, but within that inch, we are free.

Valerie: I remember how the meaning of words began to change. How unfamiliar words like "collateral" and "rendition" became frightening. While things like Norsefire and the Articles of Allegiance became powerful, I remember how different became dangerous. I still don't understand it, why they hate us so much. They took Ruth while she was out buying food. I've never cried so hard in my life. It wasn't long till they came for me. It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years, I had roses, and apologised to no-one. I shall die here. Every inch of me will perish. Every inch but one. An inch... it is small and it is fragile, but it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must never let them take it from us. I hope that, whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the world turns, and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that, even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you, I love you. With all my heart, I love you. Valerie.

Valerie: I'd always known what I wanted to do with my life, and in 2015 I starred in my first film, The Salt Flats. It was the most important role in my life, not because of my career, but because that was how I met Ruth. The first time we kissed, I knew I never wanted to kiss any other lips but hers again. We moved to a small flat in London together. She grew scarlet carsons for me in our window box, and our place always smelled of roses. Those were the best years of my life. But America's war grew worse, and worse... and eventually came to London. After that, there were no roses anymore. Not for anyone.

Valerie: I just never figured you for a runner.

Valerie: Wow! Cindy, what a babe!

Cindy: Look, but don't touch, sweetie!

Miracle Max: Have fun stormin' da castle.

Valerie: Think it'll work?

Miracle Max: It would take a miracle.

Miracle Max: Get back, witch.

Valerie: I'm not a witch, I'm your wife. But after what you just said, I'm not even sure I want to be that any more.

Valerie: Ever since Prince Humperdinck fired him, his confidence has been shattered.

Miracle Max: Why'd you say that name? You promised me you would never say that name!

Valerie: What, Humperdinck?

Miracle Max: Aahaahh!

Valerie: Humperdinck! Humperdinck! Humperdinck!

Miracle Max: I'm not listening!

Inigo Montoya: That's a miracle pill?

Valerie: The chocolate coating makes it go down easier. But you have to wait fifteen minutes for full potency. And you shouldn't go in swimming after, for at least, what?

Miracle Max: Get back witch!

Valerie: I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!

[subtitled version]

Grandmother: Hedvika is marrying

Valerie: Poor Hedvika

Valerie: [about Daisy] What would you have said to her?

Susanna: I don't know. That I was sorry. That I will never know what it was like to be her. But I know what it's like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in but you can't. You hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside.

Valerie: Susanna, it's all well and good to tell me all this; but you gotta tell some of this to your doctors.

Susanna: How the hell am I supposed to recover when I don't even understand my disease?

Valerie: But you do understand it. You spoke very clearly about it a second ago. But I think what you've gotta do is put it down. Put it away. Put it in your notebook, but get it out of yourself. Away so you can't curl up with it anymore.

Susanna: Lisa thinks it's a gift. That it lets you see the truth.

Valerie: Lisa's been here for eight years.

Susanna: [crying] I'm so sorry. I was a bitch. I was a bitch.

Valerie: Don't drop anchor here, you understand?

Susanna: [narrating] When you don't want to feel, death can seem like a dream. But seeing death, really seeing it, makes dreaming about it fucking ridiculous. Maybe, there's a moment growing up when something peels back... Maybe, maybe, we look for secrets because we can't believe our minds...

[overlapping words]

Susanna: All I know is that I began to feel things again. Whatever I was, I knew there was only one way back to the world and that was to use the place to talk. So I saw the great and wonderful Dr. Wick three times a week and I let her hear every thought in my head.

Lisa: [holds a pen to her neck] Take one fuckin' step and I'll jam this in my aorta!

Valerie: [comes over, a smirk on her face] Lisa, your aorta is in your chest.

Lisa: Good to know! I'll make a note of that...

Valerie: Good.

Valerie: You know, I can take a lot of crazy shit from a lot of crazy people. But you - you are not crazy.

Susanna: Oh yeah? Then what's wrong with me? What the fuck is going on inside my head? Tell me, Dr. Val, what's your diag-nonsense?

Valerie: [hovering over Susanna] You are a lazy, self-indulgent, little girl, who is making herself crazy.

Susanna: Is that your... *professional* opinion? Is that what you've learned in your advanced studies at night school for Negro welfare mothers? I mean, Melvin doesn't have a clue, Wick is a *psycho* and you... you *pretend* to be a doctor. You review the charts and dole out meds. But "you's ain't no doctor, Miss Valerie. You's just a little black nursemaid".

Valerie: And you're just throwing it away.

Valerie: [to Susanna] Remember me when you shave your legs.

Valerie: Did you enjoy the fresh air, Lisa?

Lisa: Yeah I did, Val. Thanks.

Valerie: Good, 'cause it's the last time you're leaving the ward.

Lisa: Is that a dare or a double dare?

Janet: I want my fucking clothes!

Valerie: Then you'll have to eat something, won't you?

Janet: [singing] Oh Lordy, pick a bale o' cotton / Oh Lordy, pick a bale o' hay / Gotta jump down spin around pick a bale o' cotton / Jump down spin around, pick a bale o' hay...

Valerie: [to Susanna] She thinks that bothers me.

Susanna: Has anyone ever watched you shave your legs?

Valerie: I got two kids and one bathroom, what do you think?

Susanna: I think you should lock the door.

Valerie: Nicky!

Nicky: Valerie!

Valerie: What are you doing?

Nicky: I think I'm floating.

Valerie: Why would you be floating?

Nicky: Maybe it's because of this cake I ate earlier.

Valerie: Wanna blizm with my bliz blob?

Valerie: Do it for the butterflies!

Valerie: Now why don't you give that nice man his flask back?

Street Vendor: And what you gonna do if I don't? Bite me with yo' ssssnaaggletooth?

[their thoughts]

Josie McCoy: Look at them all staring at us. They think I shouldn't be here. That's totally what they're thinking.

Valerie: Look at them all staring at Josie. They think we shouldn't be here. That's totally what they're thinking.

Melody: [in song] If you're happy and you know it then you really ought to show it. If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!

[clap! clap!]

Valerie: Wyatt, you messed with the wrong pussy!

Josie McCoy: [Alexander runs in girl's bathroom with the girls to talk about the band] Alexander!

Alexander Cabot: What? If we're having a meeting, I should be here.

Josie McCoy: It's a ladies room!

Alexander Cabot: Yeah, you know, nothin' I haven't seen before!

Valerie: [Searches her jacket] You know, does anyone have change for a tampon?

Alexander Cabot: I'll be outside.

[Runs out, Val slams the door in his face]

Melody: I think when somebody said, "This is the life," this is what they were talking about.

Valerie: Private Plane!

Josie McCoy: Record deal!

Melody: Coasters!

Valerie: Okay, who else thinks that Fiona's a freak?

Melody: Oh my God, I'm so glad you said that, because as soon as you said her name, I got the most awful sensation. Like this ice-cold chill creeping up my spine.

Valerie: [pause] Oh, sweetie, that's cos you're sitting on the O.

Melody: [stands, looks round to see she had been sitting against the "O" in the ice sculpture of Fiona's name] Oh!

Valerie: That's perfect. Even our manager wants to see to another band.

[Josie, Melody and Valerie listen to the song snippet they just recorded, now with subliminal messages]

Melody: I want a Big Mac!

Valerie: But, Mel, you're a vegetarian.

Melody: I know, but suddenly I want one!

Josie McCoy: I swear on my bus pass?

Melody: I swear on my bus pass!

Valerie: I swear on my bus pass!

Valerie: As if things weren't bad enough, now I've been abducted by aliens.

Candy: Okay you guys, what's the plan for tonight?

Valerie: Whoa, Candy, reality check. We can't go out with these guys, they're aliens!

Candy: So? They can still be dates!

Valerie: I didn't want you to think Earth girls were easy.

Mac: What is "easy"?

Valerie: [kissing him] This is "easy".

Wiploc: Finland is here?

Valerie: Finland? No, this is the Valley. Finland is the capital of Norway. Gawd, you guys sure learn fast.

Candy: If you wanna be a femme fatale, you can't rest on your L'Oréals!

Valerie: You know, I think she might be right!

Candy: Grab the bleach, she's seen the light!

Mac: Joe, take us to hospital, please.

Joe the Cop: Hey, clown, you're going to the slammer!

Mac: [looks at Mike the cop, then at Valerie] We go to slammer first.

Valerie: [to Mac] Listen, give them that love touch, then they'll come on to me. They'll be putty in my hands.

Mac: You want sex with Joe and Mike?

Valerie: No, no, just so we can get away. Do it, do it! You'll see.

Valerie: [Frantically to Candy] A UFO landed in my pool and they captured me but we made friends and I fed them Pop-Tarts and, um, they're here now, but Ted's coming home tonight so you've got to cut their hair.

Owner of Beauty Shop: What did you say?

Valerie: Oh, nothing. I'm on drugs.

[Turns back to Candy]

Valerie: Candy, you've got to help them out.

Candy: Would you listen to yourself? Valerie, no man is worth getting yourself in this state over. Mel Gibson, maybe, but not Ted! Valerie, come here, just sit down, honey, relax, have a mental margarita, and everything is...

[Gets interrupted by Valerie]

Valerie: Okay, I'm going to show you something that's going to totally change your life, completely, forever. Okay?

Candy: Well, in that case, let me get a cigarette.

[the aliens have landed]

Valerie: There's a giant blow dryer in my pool.

Valerie: Aw, Wiploc, I think I'll miss you least of all.

Wiploc: You want a liplock from Wiploc?

Valerie: Eat me, I'm a cupcake!

Valerie: [answering phone] Hello? Oh, Candy! The worst thing in the world happened!

[pause]

Valerie: No, Bambi's fine. It's Ted. Yeah, the blond thing did not work.

Valerie: A relationship is a lot like a porcelain nail, Ted. You can break it, and you can glue it back together, but it's not going to be as strong as it was unless the person is really committed to not bringing home nurses!

Brenda: Desert's almost ready. Who wants coffee?

Eggbert: I would love a double-cream, no coffee.

Valerie: I'll have a half mocha macchiato.

Teddy: I'll have a caf, half latte caramel venti frappuccino.

Molly, Joel: Boy, whatever happened to just good old regular coffee?

Molly: ...Asshole.

Joel: Cunt.

Molly: [playing charades, acting like a shark]

Brenda: Paws!

Valerie: Laws!

Eggbert: Jizz!

Teddy: Jews!

Bob: Time's up.

Molly: Jaws. I was doing Jaws.

Valerie: [to Courtney] It's too bad Mom and Dad didn't get a divorce before *you* were born.

Courtney: I love you, too.

John Minor: [getting flipped onto the ground] Holy shit, I think you broke my back!

Valerie: John Minor, what're you doing scaring me to death like that?

John Minor: I won't do it again, that's for sure.

Valerie: You better learn to fall better, you could get hurt.

Courtney: How come you weren't invited to the party?

Valerie: I was, I just turned them down so I could take care of my darling little sister.

Courtney: Like hell.

Valerie: As the famous Jim Jones once said, 'Shut up and drink your Kool-Aid'.

Maurice: You were a good mother. I rather left you holding the baby, didn't I?

Valerie: You did do that. Three children under six, to be exact.

Maurice: I can see it must have been inconvenient.

Valerie: That you put your own pleasure first?

Maurice: I did love you. For a time. And for the rest of the time, I was fond of you.

Valerie: Please, no. No, don't

Maurice: More than fond of you.

Valerie: You don't have to. I don't want it.

Maurice: It's my goodbye to you.

Valerie: Why, where are you going?

Maurice: [chuckles] We won't live forever.

Valerie: No.

[kisses his head; they kiss]

Valerie: When you die, everyone wants to be your friend.

[last lines]

Rodrigo: I have something for you.

Valerie: You do?

Rodrigo: Yeah, it's very special.

[gives her the ring]

Rodrigo: It belonged to my grandmother and her mother before her.

Valerie: Oh, it's beautiful.

Big Frank: Maybe I shouldn't be sore. Maybe we should go out to dinner and celebrate. It isn't often that I fly nearly 2,000 miles to get my daughter out of jail! Big pleasure for a parent!

Valerie: Daddy, please! Don't you think I feel bad enough about this?

Big Frank: And to think that I was getting to like that Rusty kid. Well, when I find him I'm personally gonna fix him good! This whole thing's his fault!

Valerie: It's not all his fault! He was only doing what you told him to do!

Big Frank: Why are you sticking up for him?

Valerie: I'm not sticking up for him, I hate him!

[pulls a gun on her, she just looks disappointed]

Valérie: Why Jeff?

Jeff Costello: I've been paid to.

Jeff Costello: Why say you did not recognize me?

Valérie: Why kill Marty?

Jeff Costello: I was to be paid.

Valérie: What had he done to you?

Jeff Costello: Not a thing. I didn't know him. I met him for the first and last time 24 hours ago.

[pause]

Valérie: What sort of man are you?

Valérie: If I have a boy, I'll teach him how to love. If I have a girl, I'll tell her the world is hers.

Valérie: You smell of fields, of wet, recently cut grass.

Valérie: I rather he fucks well. I'll buy the flowers.

Valerie: [about spilled food] Hey, you idiot, this was brand new!

Donny: What, you're just gonna get sperm on it any way.

Valerie: I have seen the collapse of government after government, and they all think they can last a thousand years. Each new one always declares the last one criminal and corrupt, and always promises a future of justice and freedom.

Gustave: I'll never forgive you, you know.

Valerie: For what?

Gustave: For marrying him instead of me.

Valerie: Politics has made a mess of our lives.

Valerie: [talking to Ivan Sors] I left your grandfather once. I fell in love with another man. Your grandfather and I hadn't been getting along. He wasn't the sort of person I hoped he'd be. The other man was passionate, a wonderful lover. That is important, darling. He gave me an old medallion engraved with: "I love you."

Valerie: When your grandfather get in trouble with the Communists, I came back. You must try to find joy in your life.

Emmanuel Sonnenschein: [groans] There's too much salt in this soup.

Valerie: Then the cook must be in love.

Gustave: You must have made the soup then.

Valerie: What do you mean by that, Gustave?

Gustave: You and Ignatz kissing in the museum garden yesterday, and Tuesday

Ignatz Sonnenschein: Have you gone mad?

Rose Sonnenschein: [Crying]

Emmanuel Sonnenschein: Please don't cry, Rose. I beg you

[talking to Ignatz]

Emmanuel Sonnenschein: Come with me, now.

Valerie: [to Ray] When you go out, you go out with your mates, and when you are in, you're pissed out and your brain's asleep in front of the fucking television. I turn the television off, go up to bed, you follow me up at three o'clock in the morning stinking of booze. That's what I get. Either that or you're knocking me about. I'm 30 today, you know, and I feel so fucking old. You know, I'm tired, you know, I wanna be able to look back and say, "Yeah, I had a bit of fun," you know, when I'm old, instead of saying "Everyone fucking felt sorry for me!" I mean, that's the life I've got. Do you hear what I'm saying? I just don't want it. I'll, I'll find somebody else. You know, someone who can love me. Someone kind.

Valerie: I'll send Michelle your love.

Valerie: [first lines]

Valerie: Bob! Bob, take it easy!

Dr. Bob Merrick: Easy? Where's that get ya?

Peter: Do you want to marry him?

Valerie: You know I don't.

Peter: Prove it.

Valerie: How?

Peter: Run away with me.

Valerie: I'll do anything to be with you.

Peter: I thought you'd say that.

Valerie: I'll wait for you...

Peter: I thought you'd say that.

Valerie: Babe, there's a midget wankin' in there!

Karrie: You're drunk, love!

Valerie: This... being together... in the garden. All of us happy, and you with us here, I didn't want it to change... and it's changed. I didn't want it to end... and it's gone. It was like something in a dream. Now you've made it real. I didn't want to be real.

Valerie: That's funny. Usually I hate men. I often think, do you know what, that I ought to be a nun.

Capt. John: Ha-ha-ha. All little kittens think that.

Valerie: Little kitten. I went to a party last Christmas and they thought I was 18.

Capt. John: What happens when they think you're 18?

Valerie: It was very silly. But, I liked it.

Harriet: Ten minutes ago, she wasn't born. And, tomorrow, we'll be used to her. And yesterday, we...

Valerie: Bother yesterday.

Melanie: This is today.

Harriet: And today. Here is the baby. The baby and us. The big river. The whole world and everything.