Madame Bovary (2014)
Mia Wasikowska: Emma Bovary
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Quotes
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Emma Bovary : I realized that before getting married I was contemplating my coming life like a child. In a theater, um... sitting there in high spirits, and eagerly waiting for the play to begin. It was a blessing in my early youth that I did not know what was really going to happen. When I look back now, it seems that I was like an innocent prisoner, condemned not to death, but to life, and as-yet unconscious of what the sentence meant. And the longer I live, the more clearly I feel that on a whole, life's a disappointment.
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Monsieur Lheureux : This is going to be very expensive.
Emma Bovary : You will extend me credit, will you not?
Monsieur Lheureux : [slides fabric swatches toward her] Money should never be the problem - only the solution.
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Emma Bovary : I will not remain inert, standing in a fever of despair.
The Marquis : My dear Emma, you are unrelenting, standing under an apple tree, wishing to smell the scent of orange blossoms. So yes, you are indeed standing in a lost world of illusion. You like to hear the words, but you have no courage to act upon your feelings.
