Movie Quote of the Day – Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1961 (dir. Blake Edwards)
Paul Varjak: You know what’s wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You’re chicken, you’ve got no guts. You’re afraid to stick out your chin and say, “Okay, life’s a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that’s the only chance anybody’s got for real happiness.” You call yourself a free spirit, a “wild thing,” and you’re terrified somebody’s gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you’re already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it’s not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It’s wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself. [takes out the ring and throws it in Holly’s lap] Here. I’ve been carrying this thing around for months. I don’t want it anymore.
Posted on May 4, 2012, in Movie Quote of the Day and tagged 1961, Blake Edwards, Breakfast at Tiffany's, George Axelrod, George Peppard, Truman Capote. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
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