The Power of Christ compels you!
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, The Exorcist
The Power of Christ compels you!
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, The Exorcist
Your mother's in here, Karras. Would you like to leave a message? I'll see that she gets it.
— William Peter Blatty, Demon (voice), Mercedes McCambridge, The Exorcist
There are no experts. You probably know as much about possession than most priests. Look, your daughter doesn't say she's a demon. She says she's the devil himself. And if you've seen as many psychotics as I have, you'd know it's like saying you're Napoleon Bonaparte.
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, The Exorcist
Do you know what she did, your cunting daughter?
— William Peter Blatty, Demon (voice), Mercedes McCambridge, The Exorcist
Father Karras: Why her? Why this girl? Father Merrin: I think the point is to make us despair. To see ourselves as... animal and ugly. To make us reject the possibility that God could love us.
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, The Exorcist
Stick your cock up her ass, you motherfucking worthless cocksucker.
— William Peter Blatty, Demon (voice), Mercedes McCambridge, The Exorcist
Princess Leia: You're not actually going IN to an asteroid field? Han Solo: They'd be crazy to follow us, wouldn't they?
— Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, The Empire Strikes Back
Father Karras: Where is Regan? Demon: In here. With us.
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, The Exorcist
Demon: What an excellent day for an exorcism. Father Karras: You would like that? Demon: Intensely. Father Karras: But wouldn't that drive you out of Regan? Demon: It would bring us together. Father Karras: You and Regan? Demon: You and us.
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, The Exorcist
Darth Vader: Calrissian. Take the princess and the Wookie to my ship. Lando: You said they'd be left at the city under my supervision! Darth Vader: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.
— Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Darth Vader (Voice), James Earl Jones, The Empire Strikes Back
Your weapons, you will not need them.
— Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Yoda (uncredited), Kathryn Mullen, The Empire Strikes Back
Luke: All right, I'll give it a try. Yoda: No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.
— Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, The Empire Strikes Back
Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away... to the future, to the horizo…
— Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Yoda (uncredited), Kathryn Mullen, The Empire Strikes Back
Luke, you can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son.
— Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Darth Vader (Voice), James Earl Jones, The Empire Strikes Back
Han Solo: You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake, well, this could be it, sweetheart. Princess Leia: I take it back.
— Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, The Empire Strikes Back
Princess Leia: [annoyed] Why, you stuck-up... half-witted... scruffy-looking... Nerf-herder! Han Solo: Who's scruffy-looking?
— Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, The Empire Strikes Back
Luke: I won't fail you. I'm not afraid. Yoda: You will be. You... will... be.
— Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, The Empire Strikes Back
Luke: I want my lamp back. I'm gonna need it to get out of this slimy mudhole. Yoda: Mudhole? Slimy? My home this is!
— Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, The Empire Strikes Back
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