Nymphomaniac (film)

"Its actually the souls of the trees were seeing in the winter. In summer everything is green and idyllic but in the winter, the branches and the trunks all stand out. Just look at how crooked they all are. The branches have to carry all the leaves to the sunlight. Thats one long struggle for survival."

"Its said to be difficult to take someones life. I wouldve said that its more difficult not to. For a human being, killing is the most natural thing in the world. Were created for it."

"For me, love was just lust with jealousy added; everything else was total nonsense. For every hundred crimes committed in the name of love, only one is committed in the name of sex."

"Well, if three is a crowd, then seven must be a bit of a challenge for the pretty miss. I must say I have a hard time picturing her enjoying loneliness."

"Jean-Marc Barr – the Debtor Gentleman"

"Christian Slater – Joes father"

"But you... youve fucked thousands of men."

"Charlotte Gainsbourg – Joe (ages 35–50)"

"The human qualities can be expressed in one word: Hypocrisy. We elevate those who say "right" but mean "wrong" and mock those who say "wrong" but mean "right." By the way, I can assure you that women who claim that negros dont turn them on, theyre lying."

"Lars von Trier ends up hitting the G-spot of avant-garde filmmaking with a movie only he could ever make, and gives the open-minded members of the audience one of the most powerful and sensational experiences ever seen in arts."

"The secret ingredient to sex is love."

"[narrating] During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. ("The House of the Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe)"