Lucky (I) (2017)

David Lynch: Howard

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Quotes 

• Lucky : One of these days, I'm just going to light up.

  Elaine : My place, my rules.

  Lucky : Ownership is a fallacy.

  Elaine : Why can't you just live by the rules?

  Lucky : Authority is arbitrary and subjective.

  Elaine : This is the same kind of attitude that got you 86-ed from Eve's.

  Lucky : What do you know of it?

  Elaine : I know you lit up.

  Lucky : That's what you think happened.

  Elaine : If you didn't light up, why did they kick you out?

  Lucky : They didn't kick me out, I walked out.

  Elaine : That's a good story.

  Howard : I like that story.

  Lucky : It's not a story.

  Elaine : Then what is it?

  Lucky : It's the truth.

  Elaine : The truth is, you lit up!

  Lucky : It's not about the cigarettes, it's about what I know happened, and what you think happened.

  Paulie : I wish I had been there.

  Lucky : You could have been there and still have missed it.

  Elaine : You broke the rules. You got busted and banned. That's the truth.

  Paulie : Look, how about if we all agree to disagree?

  Lucky : No. I know the truth and the truth matters!

  Vincent : It's a thing. Right?

  Lucky : Yes, truth is a thing. It's the truth of who we are and what we do. And you have to face that, and accept it. Because the truth of the universe is waiting.

  Elaine : I'm lost.

  Lucky : The truth of what is, for all of us.

  Paulie : Which is...

  Lucky : That it's all going to go away. You, you, you, you, me, this cigarette, everything into blackness, the void. And nobody's in charge. And you're left with... ungatz.

  Paulie : Ungatz.

  Vincent : Nothing.

  Lucky : Nothing. That's... that's all there is.

  Elaine : And what do you do with that?

  Howard : What do we do with that?

  Lucky : [surveys the bar and chuckles]  You smile.

  [last word] 

• Howard : There are some things in this world that are bigger than all of us... and a tortoise is one of 'em!

• Howard : You all think of a tortoise as something slow. But I think about the burden he has to carry on his back. Yeah, it's for protection. But ultimately, it's the coffin he's gonna get buried in and he has to drag that thing around his entire life? Go ahead and laugh, but he affected me. You know what I'm saying? He affected me. There are some things in this universe, ladies and gentlemen, that are bigger than all of us. And a *tortoise* is one of 'em!

  [sits and weeps] 

• Howard : A tortoise is an amazing creature, Lucky. They are as noble as a king and as kindhearted as a grandmother.

• Paulie : Howie, you find that reptile of yours yet?

  Howard : No, but thank you for asking. It's okay, I've let it go. I kept thinking about how much time he spent planning his escape. And how much care he took in making sure I couldn't find him. And then I started to realize that he wasn't leaving me. He was just going off someplace else to do something he thought was important. I even felt guilty for standing in his way for so long. So I stopped looking for him. If it's meant to be, I'll see him again. He knows where I am, and I'm leaving the gate open.