The Happening Quotes

[last lines]
French Bicyclist: I should drop my bicycle off at the apartment before I go to work.
French Bicyclist's Friend: Can you make Nadia's party tonight?
French Bicyclist: I should drop my bicycle off at the apartment before I go to work.
[a scream is heard in the background]
French Bicyclist's

Friend: That frightened me.
French Bicyclist: I should drop my bicycle off.
French Bicyclist's Friend: What?
[the friend sees that everyone has stopped walking as the wind blows]
French Bicyclist's Friend: My god...
French Bicyclist: My bicycle.

Elliot Moore: [notices a plant moving inside the house they'd intruded upon, slowly walks to it and begins speaking softly to it] Hello? My name is Elliot Moore. Just want to talk in a very positive manner, giving off good vibes. We're just here to use the bathroom, and then we're just going to leave. I hope that's OK.
[feels the plant]
Elliot Moore:

Plastic. I'm talking to a plastic plant.
[pauses]
Elliot Moore: I'm still doing it.

Julian: Hey, I'm going to tell you something that you should never tell your best friend.
Elliot Moore: Why is everybody saying that?
Julian: [referring to Alma] I saw her on your wedding day.
Elliot Moore: Again with the wedding. What?
Julian: I walked into her waiting room by mistake,

and she was crying. She looked up and I saw her face. She wasn't ready to jump in, Elliot. That's not who she is. She's never going to jump in when you need her, man.

Private Auster: My name is Private Auster. I'm stationed at Westover Military Base about ten miles back. I think they've been affected by whatever's happening. I lost communication with them. When I approached the base, I saw military personnel in... the barbed wire in... the fence. So I suggest no one take that road.
Nursery Owner: There's a town about

eight miles behind us. There were bodies on the road into town.
Private Auster: Cheese and crackers.

Julian: Don't look outside. Stop it! Stop it! Just look at me. Just keep looking at me. Close the vents. I'm going to give you a math riddle, okay? And you're going to tell me the answer.
Panicked Woman in Car: What?
Julian: How much... how much would you have if I said I would pay you a penny on the first day, and then two pennies on the second, and

then four pennies on the third, and then it just kept doubling and it did this for a month. How much money would you have at the end of the month?
Panicked Woman in Car: Ten dollars?
Julian: Higher. Just keep looking at me. Just keep looking at me.
Panicked Woman in Car: Twenty dollars?
Julian: No. Keep going. Keep going.

Panicked Woman in Car: Thirty. It's thirty dollars.
Julian: I'll tell you the answer. It's over ten million dollars. You'd have over ten million dollars at the end of the month. Want to hear another one?

Elliot Moore: You know that everyone gives off energy, right? It's scientifically proven. They got these cameras that can record what color you are when you're feeling different things. People that are angry give off a different color than people that are sad. See this ring? This ring can supposedly tell you what you're feeling. Let's see what you're feeling right now.

[places mood ring on Jess' finger]
Elliot Moore: Oh yellow! Well that's cool. That means you're about to laugh.
[Jess looks at Elliot dead serious]
Elliot Moore: I'm not making it up. That's what yellow means. You must be about to laugh or something. Something good's probably about to come out. We'll wait.
[Jess starts to smile]

Elliot Moore: I got all day.
[Elliot makes a noise and Jess laughs]