Memento is about a man with short-term amnesia as he tries to find those who killed his wife.
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Memento Quotes
1. “I meet Sammy through work. Insurance. I was an investigator. I’d investigate the claims to see which ones were phony. I had to see through people’s bullshit. It was useful experience, ’cause now it’s my life.” -Leonard, ‘Memento’.
2. “So where are you? You’re in some motel room. You just – you just wake up and you’re in – in a motel room. There’s the key. It feels like maybe it’s just the first time you’ve been there, but perhaps you’ve been there for a week, three months. It’s – it’s kind of hard to say. I don’t – I don’t know. It’s just an anonymous room.” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
3. “Facts, not memories. That’s how you investigate. I know, it’s what I used to do.” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
4. “It’s just an anonymous room. There’s nothing in the drawers. But you look anyway. Nothing except the Gideon bible, which I, of course, read religiously.” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
5. “Awake. Where am I?” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
6. “Sammy Jankis wrote himself endless notes. But he’d get mixed up. I’ve got a more graceful solution to the memory problem. I’m disciplined and organized. I use habit and routine to make my life possible. Sammy had no drive. No reason to make it work.” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
7. “I found you, you fuck.” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
8. “I was the only guy who disagreed with the cops – and I had brain damage.” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
9. “I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next.” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
10. “When I looked into his eyes I thought I saw recognition. Now I know. You fake it. If you think you’re supposed to recognize somebody you, you just pretend. You bluff it to get a pat on the head from the doctors. You bluff it to seem less like a freak.” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
11. “I don’t even know how long she’s been gone. It’s like I’ve woken up in bed and she’s not here… because she’s gone to the bathroom or something. But somehow, I know she’s never gonna come back to bed. If I could just… reach over and touch… her side of the bed, I would know that it was cold, but I can’t. I know I can’t have her back… but I don’t want to wake up in the morning, thinking she’s still here. I lie here not knowing… how long I’ve been alone. So how… how can I heal? How am I supposed to heal if I can’t… feel time?” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
12. “Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They’re just an interpretation, they’re not a record, and they’re irrelevant if you have the facts.” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
13. “I’m not a killer. I’m just someone who wanted to make things right. Can’t I just let myself forget what you’ve told me? Can’t I just let myself forget what you’ve made me do. You think I just want another puzzle to solve? Another John G. to look for? You’re John G. So you can be my John G… Will I lie to myself to be happy? In your case Teddy… yes I will.” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
14. “I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my actions still have meaning, even if I can’t remember them. I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world’s still there. Do I believe the world’s still there? Is it still out there?… Yeah. We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. I’m no different.” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
15. “Probably burned truck loads of your stuff before. Can’t remember to forget you.” – Leonard, ‘Memento’.
16. “It’s beer o’clock, and I’m buying.” -Teddy, ‘Memento’.
17. “We found him, you killed him!… But you didn’t remember.” -Teddy, ‘Memento’.
18. “When she offers to help, it’ll be for her own reasons. I’m not lying. Take my pen, write this down. Do not trust her.” -Teddy, ‘Memento’.
19. “I guess I can only make you remember the things you want to be true.” -Teddy, ‘Memento’.
20. “But when you killed him I, I was so convinced that you’d remember. But it didn’t stick… like nothin’ ever sticks, like this won’t stick.” -Teddy, ‘Memento’.
21. “So you lie to yourself to be happy. There’s nothing wrong with that. We all do it.” -Teddy, ‘Memento’.
22. “You know, I’ve had more rewarding friendships than this one. Although I do get to keep telling the same jokes.” -Teddy, ‘Memento’.
23. “You don’t want the truth. You make up your own truth.” -Teddy, ‘Memento’.
24.”Finished playing with yourself there, Lenny?” -Teddy, ‘Memento’.
25. “You know what one of the reasons for short term memory loss is? Venereal disease. Maybe your cunt of fucking a wife sucked one too many diseased cocks and turned you into a fucking retard” -Natalie, ‘Memento’.
26. “Is that what your little note says? It must be hard living your life off a couple of scraps of paper. You mix your laundry list with your grocery list you’ll end up eating your underwear for breakfast.” -Natalie, ‘Memento’.
27. “We all lie to ourselves to be happy.” -Leonard, ‘Memento’.
28. “You sad, sad freak. I can say whatever the fuck I want, and you won’t remember. We’ll still be best friends. Or maybe even lovers.” -Natalie, ‘Memento’.
29. “My wife deserves revenge, whether I know about it or not.” -Leonard, ‘Memento’.
30. “If we can’t make memories, we can’t heal” -Leonard, ‘Memento’.
31. “Now… where was I?” -Leonard, ‘Memento’.
32. “I can’t remember to forget you.” -Leonard, ‘Memento’.
33. “Remember Sammy Jankis.” -Leonard, ‘Memento’.
34. “I have this condition.” -Leonard, ‘Memento’.
35. “Nice shot, Liebowitz.” -Teddy, ‘Memento’.
36. Leonard Shelby : Hi. Uh, Lincoln Street?
Waiter : Oh, you just take the main road…
Leonard Shelby : Hang on, let me write this down.
Waiter : Oh, it’s easy. You just…
Leonard Shelby : Trust me, I need to write this down. – ‘Memento’.
37. Burt Hadley : Oh shit. This is the wrong room. You’re in 304 now. I’m sorry. I fucked up.
Leonard Shelby : This is not my room?
Burt Hadley : No, come on, let’s go.
Leonard Shelby : Why is this my handwriting?
Burt Hadley : …This was your room, but now you’re in 304.
Leonard Shelby : When was I in here?
Burt Hadley : Last week. But then I rented you another room on top of it.
Leonard Shelby : Why?
Burt Hadley : Business is slow. I mean, I told my boss about the – your condition and stuff, and he said try and rent him another room.
Leonard Shelby : So how many rooms am I checked into in this shit-hole?
Burt Hadley : Just two, so far.
Leonard Shelby : Well, at least you’re being honest about ripping me off.
Burt Hadley : Well, you’re not gonna remember anyway.
Leonard Shelby : You don’t have to be that honest, Burt.
Burt Hadley : Leonard, always get a receipt.
Leonard Shelby : That’s good advice. I’ll have to write that down -‘Memento’.
38. Burt Hadley : What’s it like?
Leonard Shelby : It’s like waking. Like you just woke up.
Burt Hadley : That must suck. -‘Memento’.
39. Leonard Shelby : OK, so what am I doing?
Leonard Shelby : Oh, I’m chasing this guy.
Leonard Shelby : No… he’s chasing me. -‘Memento’.
40.Leonard Shelby : Beg my wife’s forgiveness, before I blow
Leonard Shelby : your brains out. -‘Memento’.
41. Leonard Shelby : I don’t want your fucking money.
Jimmy Grantz : Then what? What do you want?
Leonard Shelby : I want my fucking life back! -‘Memento’.
42. Leonard Shelby : You know, I can remember so much. The feel of the world… her.
Leonard Shelby : She’s gone. And the present is trivia, which I scribble down as fucking notes. -‘Memento’.
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