Killing Me Softly (2002)

Heather Graham: Alice

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Quotes 

• Sylvie : You had somebody who loved you. You loved each other and you let him go for good sex. Love isn't just a good fuck, you know?

  Alice : This is more.

  Sylvie : More what?

  Alice : More everything. When I'm with him, everything is more.

  Sylvie : Oh, God, Alice. You could write greetings cards. You really bloody could.

• Alice : Most of the people using the program are women and we try to sell them a game. But women don't like games. Women like stories. Men like games. Men like to slay the dragon and get the princess. But women like to know how did the dragon and the princess all get there in the first place. A game is the wrong approach.

• Senior Police Officer : Why don't you start at the beginning. It's always the easiest.

  Alice : Okay, I'll start at the beginning.

• Adam Tallis : [as Alice puts on her stockings]  Don't turn away.

  [looks at her appreciatively] 

  Adam Tallis : Come here tomorrow.

  Alice : [up close together, forehead touching his, longingly:]  I have to work.

  Adam Tallis : Then come back tonight.

  Alice : I can't.

  Adam Tallis : Whenever you want, Alice. You decide, and I'll be here.

• Alice : What are you doing?

  Adam Tallis : What am I doing?

  [tying Alice, who is wearing only a short night robe, to a table] 

  Adam Tallis : I'm making you *mine*.

  Alice : Sometimes I feel like I don't know you.

  Adam Tallis : Oh, you know me. You know everything you need to know.

  [grabs her face] 

  Adam Tallis : Look at me.

  [she keeps her eyes closed] 

  Adam Tallis : Please.

  [violent shout:] 

  Adam Tallis : Open your eyes!

• Adam Tallis : [sits looking down at his loosely tied captive]  Have you been with another man?

  Alice : [smiles]  No.

  Adam Tallis : [whispers]  What are you doing, then, hmm? What's going on in there?

  [taps her forehead, then gets up] 

  Adam Tallis : Why... why do you keep sneaking around? Is... is the suspicion exciting? Do you need it to get off? What is it?

  Alice : [sits upright]  i found Adèle's letters.

  [defiant look] 

  Adam Tallis : You..."found"... Adèle's letters?

  [whispers:] 

  Adam Tallis : Is that how you tell the story? They were just... sitting with my keys and you happened to notice them?

  [rushes up the stairs, promptly returning, scattering letters] 

  Adam Tallis : Look what I just happened to find. These... and these! And I found these! Here, read them! I have nothing to hide, Alice!

  [she lies down, feigning indifference, and he comes down the stairs] 

  Adam Tallis : Do you sneak around behind my back because you... need it to get rougher and rougher? I mean, is that it? I'm trying to understand you, Alice. Do you do this so I punish you?

  [panting breath] 

  Adam Tallis : Is that where you're going?

  Alice : [lies down]  Adam... please untie me.

  Adam Tallis : If you trusted me...

  [rasping breath] 

  Adam Tallis : you wouldn't be in this position, Alice.

  Alice : [sits upright again]  I just... I just wanted to know more about you... I wanted to know your past. And I wanted to know your stories. I just thought if I knew more... that I could love you more. I know the only thing that matters is us together. I know that. Because when you're not around, I get lost.

  [sad little sniffle] 

  Adam Tallis : It drives me crazy to think about losing you.

  [strokes her bound feet lovingly, and as she lies down flat again, he kisses the nearest foot, sighing:] 

  Adam Tallis : I'm yours, Alice. What more do you need to know?

  [his hands on her throat:] 

  Adam Tallis : I could break your neck, I love you so much. Do you want to stay here? I mean... do you like this?

  Alice : Adam... I have to pee.

• Adam Tallis : [to police officers in interrogation room]  I would never hurt her. I love her.

  Alice : [looking through one-way mirror]  You brought him in?

  Senior Police Officer : He walked in, looking for you. He brought in a pair of shoes. He was worried about your feet...

  [Alice contemplates this] 

  Senior Police Officer : I believe your husband has the potential for violence. I believe he's unpredictable. But is he a murderer? I don't know. The truth is, what you two have been doing together was consensual. You said it yourself. You liked it.

• Adam Tallis : [told her about the painful memories after the incident]  It's been two years, and it doesn't go away.

  Alice : [kisses him, then confides:]  I live with someone.

  Adam Tallis : [confidently]  But you're here.

  Alice : I have to go.

  [turns away] 

• Alice : What I loved the most was how comfortable we were with each other. I felt safe.

• Adam Tallis : You stop me whenever you want.

  Alice : Please don't stop. Please don't stop.

• Alice : Jake was an engineer. Tunnels and bridges, that sort of thing. He kept his tube tickets in a wallet he got when he was twelve. Same wallet, same inside pocket.

• Alice : I gave up all control. I let him decide when I could breathe and when I couldn't. I loved it.

• Deborah : The thing about my brother is, you're either with him or you're not. And once you've made the jump and you're with him, that's it, there's no discussion.

  Alice : Can I have his address?

• Alice : I have to go to work.

  Adam Tallis : Will you think about me today?

  Alice : Yes. What are you doing today?

  Adam Tallis : Thinking about you.

• Alice : I thought a honeymoon was lying in bed with room service.

  Adam Tallis : Oh, I'll give you a honeymoon you won't forget. I promise.

• Alice : My taste in clothes has completely changed.

  Sylvie : Really?

  Alice : I bought this practically transparent pink T-shirt. And I won't even tell you about the lingerie.

  Sylvie : No. Probably best not to mention the lingerie. I'm still in the big white cotton panties.

• Alice : I thought you should know what I did. It was really just innocent curiosity.

  Mrs. Blanchard : It's never innocent. Curiosity gets people killed.