Possession (1981)

Isabelle Adjani: Anna, Helen

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Quotes 

• Anna : I can't exist by myself because I'm afraid of myself, because I'm the maker of my own evil.

• Helen : There is nothing in common among women except menstruation.

• Anna : Because you say "I" for me.

• Anna : What I miscarried there was sister Faith, and what was left is sister Chance. So I had to take care of my faith to protect it.

• Anna : Goodness is only some kind of reflection upon evil. That's all it is.

• Anna : [to Zimmermann, about the creature]  He's very tired. He made love to me all night.

• Anna : We are all the same. Different words, different bodies, different versions. Like insects! Meat!

  [stabs Heinrich] 

• Anna : Maybe this is something all couples go through.

• Mark : If I lay at your feet and yelped like a dog would you still step over me?

  Anna : Yes.

• Mark : You know what this is for? All the lies!

  Anna : Then you would have to add more.

• Anna : [introducing Mark to his Doppleganger]  It's finished! I wanted you to see.

• Anna : Almost.

• Mark : Don't make me force you.

  Anna : I'll throw myself out the window!

  Mark : You need it that much?

• Anna : Do you believe in God?

  Mark : God.

  Anna : It's in me.

• Helen : Will you promise me something?

  Mark : Yes.

  Helen : Whatever it is.

  Mark : I promise.

• Mark : Anna, it's me!

  Anna : Don't you understand you disgust me now?

• Anna : No one is good or bad, but if you want, I'm the bad one. And if I knew he existed in this world, I would have never had Bob with you!

• Anna : [seductively unzips her dress for an Octopus] 

• Anna : You think I'm immoral, say it! I think so too, but for different reasons.

• Mark : I could take him to the zoo.

  Anna : [Flinches] 

• Anna : [looks up at the Crucifix, starts to cry]