Russell Corwin quotes from Six Feet Under

Russell

I have this theory that every now and then a person should get what they want right when they want it. It keeps you optimistic.

Russell

I think it's really cool that you live in a funeral home.

Claire

Believe me, it's not.

Russell

Are you kidding? I'm jealous. It's totally weird … and excellent and perfect for when they write your biography.

Olivier

You're eighteen! You should be consumed with sex! Everything that happens should make you want to fuck. Your flesh should be on fire all the time!

Claire

[deadpan] It is.

Russell

Yeah.

Russell

I don't wanna live without you. I can't.

Claire

[annoyed] You're gonna have to.

Russell

I'm not gonna give up.

Claire

That's your fucking problem.

Claire

Look, I'm sorry. I didn't …

Russell

Just give me a second, okay? … Just give me a second to get used to the idea of living with this for the rest of my life.

Claire

Are you fucking kidding me?

Russell

No, I'm not kidding you, Claire! It's fucking sad! It's fucking sad and it's fucked up. I mean, did you cry? Did you?

Claire

I cried more than you have ever cried in your whole life.

Russell

[breaks down] Then give me a fucking second to feel bad about this, okay? Just a motherfucking second!

Russell

[watching a documentary about cave paintings] That's where everything started. In those cave paintings there was the creation of the idea of image, of the representation of ourselves.

Claire

Exactly. That's when we stopped living inside nature and started living inside our heads.

Anita

Yeah, just while we can just sit back and watch while greedy corporate Bush suckers destroy nature, since we're no longer a part of it.

Russell

If you take humans out of nature, then all there are left with is human nature.

Claire

Okay, that sounds really good, but what the fuck does that mean?

Russell

Why are you looking at me like I'm some kind of retard?

Claire

Because I swear, Russell, sometimes you are. And for your information, labia are not internal organs.