Varinia Quotes in Spartacus (1960)

Spartacus: I am not an animal!

Varinia: Neither am I.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: You can't grieve forever.

Varinia: I'm not grieving.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: What are you doing?

Varinia: I am remembering.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: And what do you remember when you think of Spartacus?

Varinia: I remember that he started out all alone. And yet, on the day he died, thousands and thousands died in his place.

Varinia: You like him, don't you.

Spartacus: Who wants to fight? An animal can learn to fight. But to say beautiful things, and to make people believe them...

[last lines]

Varinia: Goodbye, my love, my life. Goodbye, good-bye.

Varinia: Please die, my love... die, die now my darling!

Varinia: What are you thinking about?

Spartacus: I'm free. And what do I know? I don't even know how to read.

Varinia: You know things that can't be taught.

Spartacus: I know nothing. Nothing. And I wanna know. I want to... I wanna know.

Varinia: Know what?

Spartacus: Everything! Why a star falls and a bird doesn't, where the sun goes at night, why the moon changes shape. I wanna know where the wind comes from.

Varinia: The wind begins in a cave: far to the north, a young god sleeps in that cave. He dreams of a girl and he sighs, and the night wind stirs with his breath.

[laughs]

Spartacus: I wanna know all about you. Every line, every curve. I wanna know every part of you. Every beat of your heart.

[Spartacus is reluctant to make love to Varinia due to her pregnancy]

Varinia: I won't break.

Varinia: You're afraid of him, aren't you? It's no use trying to be better than him, it won't work.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: We shall see...