Anna Karenina (1935)
Fredric March: Count Vronsky
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Quotes
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Vronsky : Our meetings are so brief, the dance also.
Anna Karenina : But our reunions are so frequent.
Vronsky : When I leave you, I'm lost in a world of strangers. When I touch your hand, we're alone.
Anna Karenina : [Smiling as she switches dance partners] I return you to the world!
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Anna Karenina : I feel pain. I feel tears.
Vronsky : Why?
Anna Karenina : Because I'm so happy. Not to think, only to live, only to feel.
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Vronsky : You're trembling. Are you cold?
Anna Karenina : We'll be punished.
Vronsky : Punished?
Anna Karenina : For being so happy.
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Vronsky : Do you get a sense we're being watched?
Anna Karenina : Watched? We're being devoured.
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Vronsky : As a matter of fact, I've been analyzing this code of ours, lately, and it doesn't stand up. For instance, one must always pay a card sharper; but, need not pay a tailor.
Yashvin : Quite right.
Vronsky : One must never tell a lie to a man; but, one may to a woman.
Yashvin : Naturally.
Vronsky : One must never cheat anyone; but, one may a husband.
Yashvin : Inevitably.
Vronsky : One must never pardon an insult; but, may freely give one.
Yashvin : Obviously.
Vronsky : Well, it's trivial! It's nonsensical!
Yashvin : My dear Vronsky, has your liver been bothering you lately?
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Vronsky : Shall we go out in a gondola in the Grand Canal, find the serenata?
Anna Karenina : Yes.
Vronsky : Shall we explore all the little canals, those murderous little water alleys where the Doges used to throw their enemies?
Anna Karenina : Yes.
Vronsky : Shall we go to St. Mark's and feed the pigeons?
Anna Karenina : Yes.
Vronsky : Shall we be really energetic?
Anna Karenina : Yes.
Vronsky : And go out on the balcony?
[Anna and Vronsky laugh]
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Anna Karenina : I didn't know you were going back to St. Petersburg so soon. Why this change of plan?
Vronsky : Why? To be where you are. You know that. Forgive me, I... I had to say it.
Anna Karenina : You shouldn't. You shouldn't. You must forget that you said it.
Vronsky : Nothing of you. I shall never forget anything of you.
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Vronsky : I love your frown when you concentrate.
Anna Karenina : [playing croquet] How do you expect me to make this shot if you talk to me?
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Anna Karenina : You should've married Kitty. You would've been much happier with her.
Vronsky : Anna, you brood to much. You spin fairy tales.
Anna Karenina : I face the truth.
Vronsky : What truth?
Anna Karenina : That one day I shall find myself... *ALONE*.
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Vronsky : I want my comrades and my career! And love isn't everything.
Anna Karenina : One only says that when love is over.
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Vronsky : You must have been naughty.
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Vronsky : Kitty, won't you dance?
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Vronsky : Won't you relent? Won't you dance the mazurka with me?
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Vronsky : And the breath of Russia is sweet. And sweet over all the land, broods the soul of Russia. Do you remember Pushkin's poem?
Anna Karenina : You miss Russia. You miss home.
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Vronsky : You're conjuring up phantoms.
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Anna Karenina : Today, all day, I felt so alone.
Vronsky : We must be careful. We mustn't hurt each other. That's why we hurt each other; because, we love.
Anna Karenina : Yes. Yes, that's why.
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Anna Karenina : Is the Princess Sorokina staying at your mother's?
Vronsky : Oh, I don't know. I suppose she is.
Anna Karenina : Does your mother want you to marry the Princess Sorokina?
Vronsky : Now, what makes you think that?
Anna Karenina : It would be natural. The Princess Sorokina is so young and innocent. So like Kitty, isn't she?
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Vronsky : Please, Anna, be brave. Don't...
Anna Karenina : But, I am not brave!