Unbreakable (2000) quotes

A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.

It has begun. Tell me something, David. When you woke up this morning… Was it still there? The sadness?
– Elijah Price
No.
– David Dunn
I think this is where we shake hands.
– Elijah Price
I worked in that building 25 years, I know all its secrets.
– Elijah Price
Secrets?
– David Dunn
Like, if there ever was a fire on floors 1, 2 or 3, everyone in that hotel would be burned alive.
– Elijah Price
You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you’re here… That’s… That’s just an awful feeling.
– Elijah Price
What have you done…?
– David Dunn
I almost gave up hope. There were so many times I questioned myself…
– Elijah Price
You killed all those people…
– David Dunn
But I found you. So many sacrifices, just to find you.
– Elijah Price
Jesus Christ…
– David Dunn
Now that we know who you are, I know who I am. I’m not a mistake! It all makes sense! In a comic, you know how you can tell who the arch-villain’s going to be? He’s the exact opposite of the hero. And most times they’re friends, like you and me! I should’ve known way back when… You know why, David? Because of the kids. They called me Mr Glass.
– Elijah Price

And, to answer your question, there are two reasons why I’m looking at you like this. One because it seems in a few minutes you will officially be the only survivor of this train wreck, and two, because you didn’t break one bone, you don’t have a scratch on you.
– ER Doctor

You killed all those people.
– David Dunn
But I found you. So many sacrifices just to find you.
– Elijah Price

Do you know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world, to not know why you’re here. That’s – that’s just an awful feeling.
– Elijah Price

They say this one has a surprise ending.
– Elijah’s Mother

Friends listen to each other! And they don’t shoot each other, do they Audrey?
– David Dunn
N-… No shooting friends, Joseph…
– Audrey Dunn

Your bones don’t break, mine do. That’s clear. Your cells react to bacteria and viruses differently than mine. You don’t get sick, I do. That’s also clear. But for some reason, you and I react the exact same way to water. We swallow it too fast, we choke. We get some in our lungs, we drown. However unreal it may seem, we are connected, you and I. We’re on the same curve, just on opposite ends.
– Elijah Price

You’d better not be back there jacking off to the Japanese comics, I swear to God…
– Comic Book Clerk

Do you see any Teletubbies in here? Do you see a slender plastic tag clipped to my shirt with my name printed on it? Do you see a little Asian child with a blank expression on his face sitting outside on a mechanical helicopter that shakes when you put quarters in it? No? Well, that’s what you see at a toy store. And you must think you’re in a toy store, because you’re here shopping for an infant named Jeb.
– Elijah Price

I’m just going to shoot you once!
– Joseph Dunn

Why is it, do you think, that of all the professions in the world you chose protection?
– Elijah Price
You are a very strange man.
– David Dunn
You could have been a tax accountant. You could have owned your own gym. You could have opened a chain of restaurants. You could’ve done of ten thousand things, but in the end, you chose to protect people. *You* made that decision, and I find that very, very interesting.
– Elijah Price

One of us has made a gross error, and wasted the other person’s valuable time.
– Elijah Price

Are you ready for the truth?
– Elijah Price

It’s hard for many people to believe that there are extraordinary things inside themselves, as well as others. I hope you can keep an open mind.
– Elijah Price

This is an art gallery, my friend, and this is a piece of art.
– Elijah Price

I thought maybe because you’re my dad… I thought I might be like you… I’m not like you…
– Joseph Dunn
You are like me. We can both get hurt. I’m just an ordinary man.
– David Dunn
No, you’re not… Why do you keep saying that?
– Joseph Dunn

It’s alright to be afraid, David, because this part won’t be like a comic book. Real life doesn’t fit into little boxes that were drawn for it.
– Elijah Price