Subtle lines!

Chelsey 2022-01-12 08:01:06

You know that people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things...

To understand the true inner... to find the inner truth.

I really wouldn't care to scratch your surface, Mr. Kralik...

Because I know exactly what I'd find.

Not a heart, but a handbag. Instead of a heart, a handbag.

Instead of a soul, a suitcase.

Not ingenuity but a lighter that can't be lit. And instead of an intellect, a cigarette lighter which doesn't work.

That's really an appropriate analogy. That's very nicely put.

Yeah, that's a very interesting mixture of poetry and meanness.

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The Shop Around the Corner quotes

  • Pirovitch: Kralik, you're not going?

    Alfred Kralik: No, I couldn't face her tonight. See, this morning I had a position, a future. No, no. I'm afraid I sort of exaggerated in my letters. I showed off a little. She's expecting to meet a pretty important man. Well, I'm in no mood to act important tonight.

  • Klara Novak (Miss Novak): It's my fault anyway that you got into this trouble. Please believe me, I'm sorry, too.

    Alfred Kralik: That's all right.

    Klara Novak (Miss Novak): It's true we didn't get along.

    Alfred Kralik: No.

    Klara Novak (Miss Novak): I guess we fought a lot. But losing a job at a time like this is something you don't wish...

    Alfred Kralik: On your worst enemy.

    Klara Novak (Miss Novak): I didn't say that, Mr. Kralik.

    Alfred Kralik: Well, let's not quarrel anymore.