The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Taraji P. Henson: Queenie

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Quotes 

• Benjamin Button : Momma? Momma? Some days, I feel different than the day before.

  Queenie : Everyone feels different about themselves one way or another, but we all goin' the same way.

• Queenie : [talking to infant]  You as ugly as an old pot, but you still a child of God...

• Queenie : Poor child, he got the worst of it. Come out white.

• Queenie : You never know what's comin' for ya.

• Dr. Rose : Queenie, some creatures weren't meant to survive.

  Queenie : [observing Benjamin]  Mm-mm, no, this baby here is a miracle, that's for certain...

  [turns to Dr. Rose] 

  Queenie : just like the kind of miracle one hopes to see.

  [Dr. Rose shrugs in defeat] 

• Dr. Rose : Where'd he come from?

  Queenie : My sister's child. From Lafayette. She had an unfortunate adventure. The poor child, he got the worst of it. Come out white.