Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
Meg Ryan: DeDe, Angelica, Patricia
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Quotes
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Patricia : My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.
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Angelica : Would you like to hear one of my poems?
Joe Banks : Sure.
Angelica : Long ago, the delicate tangles of his hair... covered the emptiness of my hand... Would you like to hear it again?
Joe Banks : Ok.
Angelica : Long ago, the delicate tangles of his hair... covered the emptiness of my hand.
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Patricia : Joe, nobody knows anything. We'll take this leap and we'll see. We'll jump and we'll see. That's life!
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Patricia : [addressing Joe his first night aboard the Tweedle Dee] I've always kept clear of my father's stuff ever since I got out on my own. And now he's pulling me back in. He knew I wanted this boat and he used it and he got me working for him, which I swore I would never do. I feel ashamed because I had a price. He named it and now I know that about myself. And I could treat you like I did back out on the dock, but that would be me kicking myself for selling out, which isn't fair to you. Doesn't make me feel any better. I don't know what your situation is but I wanted you to know what mine is not just to explain some rude behavior, but because we're on a little boat for a while and... I'm soul sick. And you're going to see that.
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Waponi Chief : Do you want to marry him?
Patricia : Yes.
Waponi Chief : Do you want to marry her?
Joe Banks : Yes.
Waponi Chief : Good. You're married.
Joe Banks : [shaking the Chief's hand] Thank you, Chief.
Patricia : Thank you, Chief.
Waponi Chief : I'm going now.
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Joe Banks : I have less than six months to live. The Waponis believe they need a human sacrifice or their island is going to sink into the ocean. They have this mineral your father wants so he hired me to leap into their volcano.
Patricia : What?
Joe Banks : You're not going to make me say that again, are you?
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Angelica : I am completely untrustworthy... I'm a flibbertigibbet.
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Patricia : You're afraid of the commitment? You're gonna have to love and honor me for about 30 seconds.
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Patricia : I'm soul sick.
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Patricia : Yes! I love you. I can feel my heart. I feel like I'm going crazy. You just can't *die* and leave me here in this stinking earth without you.
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Patricia : It's always gonna be something with you, isn't it Joe?
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Patricia : Well, I don't know what to say? You tell me you're dying. You tell me you're jumping into a volcano. My mind is a blank.
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Patricia : Whither thou goest, I go.
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Patricia : Did you sleep with my, with my sister?
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Joe Banks : Look. I don't know you. I don't think I know anybody. You're angry. I can, I can see that. I'm very troubled. I'm not ready to...
[Long pause]
Joe Banks : There's only so much time, and you wanna use it well. So I'm here, talking to you. I don't wanna throw that away.
Angelica : [Beat] I have no response to that.
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Joe Banks : Listen to me. If you have a choice between killing yourself and, and doing something you're scared of doing, why not take the leap, and do the thing you're scared of doing?
Angelica : You mean stop taking money and leave L.A.?
Joe Banks : You see? You know what you're scared of doing. Why don't you do it? See what happens?