Claire Underwood quotes from House of Cards

[of her late husband] He was a good kisser, I'll give him that. But the rest was so underwhelming. I felt like he wasn't all there, like he wasn't... all in, so to speak. Of course, my first thought - and isn't this true of most women?- was to wonder if it was me, was I somehow less skilled than I like to believe I am.

Claire Underwood

Well, I can't really answer to that, Annette.

I can. It was him. And I bet it was never very different with you. Even you, the blonde goddess. Even with you. Am I right? It's really only dawning on me now, the sacrifice you made. I sort of pity you. What you must have denied yourself all those years.

Claire Underwood

And this is where I tell you to shut your mouth, Annette. You don't know anything about marriage, much less mine.

Tell yourself whatever you want, Claire. We both know the truth.

Claire Underwood

We both lost someone who shaped the course of our lives - for good, but also for ill. And now here we are, unexpectedly free to take a different tack. We can do whatever we want, Doug. We've been entwined, you and I, like it or not, for decades now. I think we deserve to go our separate ways. The only problem is that we have something urgent to attend to called Cathy Durant. And then, we can finally be free. Do what we really want. Do what we need to do. What does Doug Stamper want?

Doug Stamper

Are you trying to erase him? Because you can't.

Claire Underwood

I'm not trying to do anything except be the sitting President of the United States. It's wrong to assume that Francis' ambitions directly aligned with mine, Doug. The best way to not be associated with his questionable deeds is to do good. That's what I plan on doing, anyway. [Stamper laughs] Oh, you find that funny, do you? Well, it's true.

Doug Stamper

I never understood what he saw in you. I mean, the outside, sure, but the inside...

Claire Underwood

LeAnn's death...

Doug Stamper

No! You never cared for her.

Claire Underwood

It wasn't necessary, and I told him so. And yet... Doug, do me a favor. Close your eyes. Please. [he does so, and she puts Frank's cuff links in his hand] He wanted you to have them.

Claire Underwood

The world is either with us or against us, Doug. [brushes his cuff links] Do you think you'll ever wear them?

Doug Stamper

[uncomfortable] It doesn't seem right.

Claire Underwood

You know the last thing he said to me? "Make sure you and Doug take care of each other."

Claire Underwood

You know, when you left three months ago, I wondered where you'd gone... and then I didn't think of you at all.

Jane Davis

You say that, but I detect pain in your eyes, Madame President. "As a deer longs for streams of water..."

Claire Underwood

"...so I long for you, God."

Jane Davis

Do you miss him?

Claire Underwood

God? Always.

Madame President, your dead husband told my mother things - things you don't want the world to know.

Claire Underwood

A dead man's words are worthless, as far as I'm concerned.

Claire Underwood

I like the sound of your voice, Doug. It's so soothing. I never really thought about it before, but in just this way you remind me of Francis. The one thing I really miss is his voice. It was always my favorite thing about him. No matter what he would say, the sound of his voice made me feel that everything was going to be all right.

Doug Stamper

It's not.