Six Feet Under quotes

Nate

It's hard sometimes, relationships aren't easy. You just have to work at it everyday. Can't expect everything to be perfect all the time, and can't get shaken when it isn't. If there's a moment when i feel like i'm in prison, I just have to think about all those moments when it feels safe, and remind myself that those moments outweigh the prison moments.

Brenda

Being alone is the prison, just thinking about yourself, just trapped in this fucking vortex, always watching yourself. Which, i suppose, is okay if you're interesting. The truth is: nobody is that interesting.

Ruth

Oh, Arthur, hi.

Arthur

Hi Ruth. Did you have a good time stalking me this morning?

Ruth

What are you talking about?

Arthur

Oh, please. If you like following people so much, why don't you join the CIA or the Moonies? Or why don't you go to the actual fucking moon and mind your own moon business, you … freak!

Claire

Nate, you know, this isn't The Matrix. The rest of us who don't have babies, we're real.

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.

Margaret

[on Marv] He never forgave your father for being such a success or for giving up Chanukah.

I remember Bern liking that poem.

Margaret

And I remember Bern thinking you were an absolute asshole.

(Quoting Daddy's Book) There is no death, there is only birth and birth and birth and birth. Consider the trees, that allow the birds to pirch and fly away, without calling them back. If your heart can be like a tree, you'll be close to the way. When the multitude laughs at you, you are blessed. This is what Daddy wants us to know: I depart as air. I shake my white locks at the runaway sun. I bequeath my self to the dirt, to grow from the grass I love. If you want me again, look for me under your boot-soles. You will hardly know who I am, or what I mean, but I shall be good health to you nevertheless. Missing me one place, search another. I stop somewhere, waiting for you. [From Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass]

Arthur

Your friendship has so much value for me. Anything more would be unprofessional.

Ruth

I know, I know.

Arthur

Please don't kiss me again.

Ruth

I never will, never.

Arthur

Friends?

Ruth

Friends. [Arthur moves forward to hug Ruth, but she kisses him. Arthur pulls away surprised and runs out of the room. Some children run into the kitchen. Ruth places a tray of snacks on the table] You'll have to help yourselves. I'm out of control.

Brenda

I wouldn't change anything. If you change one thing, that changes everything. And some things are the way they should be.

Ruth

I care for you, Arthur. I care for your music. I care for your hankies. And I won't deny it because that would be a lie. But if you want me to leave, I will, because that's your choice. Because I choose you.

Arthur

There's something I forgot to tell you about Petrarch? He started the Renaissance. [They embrace.]

David

And you are his wife?

Yes.

Yes.

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.

Brenda

I can't believe how much money I've spent fucking up my life.

Brenda

[about Margaret] I already left a message saying I was coming over. So if she wants me to walk in on more fucking, that's her choice.

Billy

I can do it for you if you feel like you've seen enough of Mom's pussy for a few days.

Brenda

Who could ever see too much of Mom's pussy? It's like a trip down memory lane.

Ruth

Arthur, have you ever had sex?

Arthur

I think I have … in a sense.