Quotes Volume 1: The Royal Tenenebaums

Royal: I'm very sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman.
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Richie: i wrote a suicide note

Chas: Can we read it?

Richie: No.

Chas: Can you paraphrase it for us?

Richie: I don't think so.

Chas: Is it dark?

Richie: Of course it's dark. It's a suicide note.
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Raleigh: Are there priests on call?
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Dudley Heinsbergen: You wanna play some word games, or do some experiments on me or anything?
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Medical Student: Can the boy tell time?

Raleigh: Oh, my Lord, no!
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Ethel: How long have you been a smoker?

Margot: 22 years.

Ethel: Well I think you should quit
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Royal: Anybody interested in grabbing a couple of burgers and hittin' the cemetery?
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Eli: Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't.
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[Royal tells his children of his impending divorce]

Richie: Is it because of us?

Royal: Well, of course, certain sacrifices had to be made as a result of having children. But heavens, no.
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Raleigh: You don't love me anymore!

Margot: I do kind of.
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Eli: I did find it odd when you said you were in love with her. She's married you know.

Richie: Yeah.

Eli: And she's your sister.

Richie: Adopted.
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Eli: [immediately after wrecking his car] Where's my shoe?
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Royal: Henry Sherman, do you know him?

Richie: Yeah.

Royal: Is he worth a damn?

Richie: [emphatically] I believe so.
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