Breathless (1960)

Jean Seberg: Patricia Franchini

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Quotes 

• Patricia Franchini : What is your greatest ambition in life?

  Parvulesco : To become immortal... and then die.

• Patricia Franchini : I don't know if I'm unhappy because I'm not free, or if I'm not free because I'm unhappy.

• Patricia Franchini : It's sad to fall asleep. It separates people. Even when you're sleeping together, you're all alone.

• Patricia Franchini : Do you know William Faulkner?

  Michel Poiccard : No. Who's he? Have you slept with him?

• Patricia Franchini : When the French say a second, they mean five minutes.

• Patricia Franchini : Listen. The last sentence is beautiful. "Between grief and nothing, I will take grief." Which would you choose?

  Michel Poiccard : ...Grief's stupid, l'd choose nothing. It's not better, but grief's a compromise. l want all or nothing.

• Michel Poiccard : Why won't you sleep with me?

  Patricia Franchini : Because I'm trying to find out what it is that I like about you.

• Patricia Franchini : Are you afraid of getting old? I am.

• Patricia Franchini : I want us to be like Romeo and Juliet.

  Michel Poiccard : That's just like a girl!

  Patricia Franchini : See? You said last night you couldn't live without me, but you can. Romeo couldn't live without Juliet, but you can.

  Michel Poiccard : No, I can't live without you.

  Patricia Franchini : That's just like a guy!

• Michel Poiccard : How old are you?

  Patricia Franchini : A hundred.

  Michel Poiccard : You don't look it.

• Patricia Franchini : We're hiding like elephants when they're happy.

• Patricia Franchini : We look at each other in the eye, and it's no use.

• Patricia Franchini : New York Herald Tribune!

• Patricia Franchini : Do women have a role to play in modern society?

  Parvulesco the Writer : [flirting]  Yes, if they're charming and wear striped dresses and dark glasses.

• Michel Poiccard : Up close, you look like a Martian.

  Patricia Franchini : Yes, because my head's in the clouds.

• Patricia Franchini : I want to know what's behind your face. I've looked at it for ten minutes now, and I still know nothing, nothing, nothing. I'm not sad, but I'm scared.

• Patricia Franchini : You know, you said I'm scared, Michel. It's true, I'm scared. Because I want you to love me. But at the same time, I want you to stop loving me. I'm very independent, you know.