Brooklyn (2015) quotes

Director
John Crowley.

Cast
Saoirse Ronan.
Emory Cohen.
Domhnall Gleeson.

An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.

You have to think like an American. You’ll feel so homesick that you’ll want to die, and there’s nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won’t kill you. And one day the sun will come out – you might not even notice straight away, it’ll be that faint. And then you’ll catch yourself thinking about something or someone who has no connection with the past. Someone who’s only yours. And you’ll realize… that this is where your life is.
– Eilis

OK, so while you’re being amenable. Can we go see a movie this week? When you’re not at night classes?
– Tony
I’ll sign up for two movies.
– Eilis
Really?
– Tony
Yes. Even if the first date is a disaster, I’ll give it another chance.
– Eilis

It’s not politics, to talk about eye operations.
– Diana
It is if the eyes belong to a politician.
– Mrs. Keogh

I wish that I could stop feeling that I want to be an Irish girl in Ireland.
– Eilis
Homesickness is like most sicknesses. It will pass.
– Father Flood

I’d forgotten what this town is like. What were you planning to do, Miss Kelly? Keep me away from Jim? Stop me from going back to America? Perhaps you didn’t even know. Perhaps it was enough for you to know that you could ruin me. My name is Eilis Fiorello.
– Eilis

You remember that after I had dinner at your house, you told me that you loved me?
– Eilis
Well, I didn’t really know what to say. But I know what to say now. I have thought about you and I like you, and I like seeing you, and maybe I feel the same way. So the next time you tell me you love me, if there is a next time, I’ll, I’ll say I love you too.
– Eilis
Are you serious?
– Tony
Yes.
– Eilis
Holy shit! Excuse my language, but I thought we were going to have a different kind of talk. You mean it?
– Tony
I mean it.
– Eilis

Try and remember that sometimes it’s nice to meet people who don’t know your auntie.
– Georgina

I hope that when I go through the pearly gates, the first sound I hear is you asking me for the bill in that lovely Irish brogue.
– Diner Waiter

Home is home.
– Tony

This is hell. Never again.
– Georgina
Never again to America?
– Eilis
The mistake was coming home.
– Georgina

I’ll tell you this much: I am going to ask Father Flood to preach a sermon on the dangers of giddiness. I now see that giddiness is the eighth deadly sin. A giddy girl is every bit as evil as a slothful man, and the noise she makes is a lot worse. Now, enough.
– Mrs. Keogh

You’re the prettiest girl in County Wexford. You should be able to choose any man you want. And we’re hoping that George Sheridan from the rugby club looks your way.
– Eilis

There. That’s better. Now you don’t look like you’ve just come in from milking the cows.
– Patty
Is that what I looked like?
– Eilis
Just a bit. Nice clean cows. Let’s go.
– Patty