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Madeleine: Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere.

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Scottie: You shouldn't keep souvenirs of a killing. You shouldn't have been that sentimental.

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Madeleine: [pointing to the margin of a cross-section of a Sequoia who had lived for over a thousand years] Here I was born, and there I died. It was only a moment for you; you took no notice.

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Scottie: And then what did he do? Did he train you? Did he rehearse you? Did he tell you exactly what to do, what to say? You were a very apt pupil too, weren't you? You were a very apt pupil! Well, why did you pick on me? Why me?

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Judy: If I let you change me, will that do it? If I do what you tell me, will you love me?
Scottie: Yes. Yes.
Judy: All right. All right then, I'll do it. I don't care anymore about me.

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Scottie: One final thing I have to do... and then I'll be free of the past.

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Coroner: He did nothing. The law has little to say on things left undone.

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[last lines]
Nun: God, have mercy.

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Scottie: I hope we will, too.
Madeleine: What?
Scottie: Meet again sometime.
Madeleine: We have.

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Scottie: I love you, Madeleine.
Madeleine: I love you, too. It's too late.
Scottie: No, no, we're together.
Madeleine: It's too late. There's something I must do...
Scottie: [kisses her passionately] No, there is nothing you must do. There is nothing you must do. No one possesses you.

You're safe with me.
Madeleine: [frantically] No, it's too late
[Madeleine breaks free and runs across the courtyard. Scottie trails behind her, eventually catching up to her. He holds her tightly]
Madeleine: Look, it's not fair. It's too late. It wasn't supposed to happen this way. It *shouldn't* have happened...

Scottie: But it had to happen. We're in love. That's all that counts!
Madeleine: [struggling] Look. Let me go! Please let me go!
Scottie: Listen to me. Listen to me.
Madeleine: [calmly] You believe I love you?
Scottie: Yes.
Madeleine: And if you lose me, then

you'll know I, I loved you. And I wanted to go on loving you.
Scottie: I won't lose you.
Madeleine: Let me go into the church - alone.
Scottie: Why?
[they kiss for the last time. Scottie releases his grip and Madeleine walks away towards the bell tower]

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Scottie: Midge, who do you know that's an authority on San Francisco history?
Midge: That's the kind of greeting a girl likes! Not this "Hello-you-look-wonderful" stuff, just a good straight "Who do you know that's an authority on San Francisco his - -"
[interrupted]

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Gavin Elster: Scottie, do you believe that someone out of the past - someone dead - can enter and take possession of a living being?

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Scottie: Anyone could become obsessed with the past with a background like that!

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Judy: Couldn't you like me, just me the way I am? When we first started out, it was so good; w-we had fun. And... and then you started in on the clothes. Well, I'll wear the darn clothes if you want me to, if, if you'll just, just like me.
Scottie: The color of your hair...
Judy: Oh, no!
Scottie: Judy, please,

it can't matter to you.

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Midge: You want to know something? I don't think Mozart's going to help at all.

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[to Scottie]
Gavin Elster: There's no way for them to understand. You and I know who killed Madeleine.

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Scottie: [to Judy, after being taken to the scene of Madeline's death] No, no. I have to tell you about Madeleine now. Right there.
[Pointing]
Scottie: We stood there and I kissed her for the last time, and she said, 'If you lose me you'll know that I loved you and wanted to keep on loving you.' And I said, 'I won't lose you.' But I did.

[pause]
Scottie: And then she turned and ran into the church. I tried to follow, but it was too late.

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Madeleine: Oh Scottie. I'm not mad. I'm not mad. I don't want to die. There's someone within me and she says I must die. Oh Scottie, don't let me go.
Scottie: I'm here. I've got you.
Madeleine: I'm so afraid.
[Scottie and Madeleine kiss]
Madeleine: Don't leave me. Stay with me.

Scottie: All the time.

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Midge: I talked to the woman in musical therapy, and she said that Mozart's the boy for you.

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Madeleine: There is something I must do, there is something I must do.
Scottie: There is nothing you must do. There is nothing you must do.