Mrs Dalloway (1997)
Vanessa Redgrave: Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway
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Quotes
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[When a guest at her party starts to laugh]
Mrs. Dalloway : [thinking] Oh, it's not a failure after all.
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Mrs. Dalloway : [Mrs. Dalloway's first lines in the film - thinking, voice over] Those ruffians, the Gods, shan't have it all their own way. Those Gods will never lose a chance of hurting, thwarting, and spoiling human lives.
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Mrs. Dalloway : Of course, now I think there are no Gods, there is no-one to blame.
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Mrs. Dalloway : [thinking, voice over] It's all over for me. The sheets stretched and the beds narrow.
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Mrs. Dalloway : [thinking, voice over] That young man killed himself, but I don't pity him. I'm somehow glad he could do it, throw it away. It's made me feel the beauty - somehow very like him - less afraid.
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[last lines]
Mrs. Dalloway : [to Peter] Here I am, at last.
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Mrs. Dalloway : [thinking, voice over] Mrs. Dalloway, Mrs. Dalloway, and not even Clarissa anymore. No more marrying, no more having children, just Mrs. Dalloway. Mrs. Richard Dalloway who is to give a party.