Quotes

Les Olympiades

Camille Germain: Actually, I was in the room next door, reading Rousseau's "Confessions," and I was wondering if you wanted some yogurt?

Émilie Wong: What's your love life like?
Camille Germain: I channel professional frustration into intense sexual activity.
Émilie Wong: Cool.
Camille Germain: Nothing noisy or invasive for a roommate. I promise. How about you?
Émilie Wong: [in Chinese] Fuck first, see later.
Camille Germain: Elaborate.
Émilie Wong: It's a Chinese proverb. Rough translation: I was furious not to have shoes, so I met a man with no feet and I feel better.
Camille Germain: Chinese is concise.

Eponine: A survey found that speaking to a crowd is people's number-one fear. Their number-two fear is death. Seriously, think about that. It means that for most people, at a funeral, they'd rather be in the casket.

Camille Germain: I'm moving in with her.
Émilie Wong: For a few days?
Camille Germain: For good.
Émilie Wong: Fuck, Camille. I'm out of work and broke! You can't!
Camille Germain: Take the opportunity to move, to find something smaller.
Émilie Wong: I can't move out!
Camille Germain: Why not?
Émilie Wong: It's my grandmother's.
Camille Germain: It's your grandmother's place? Why didn't you ever tell me?
Émilie Wong: You never asked. What's the difference?
Camille Germain: You pay rent?
Émilie Wong: No.
Émilie Wong: That's the difference. I'm your unearned income. I pay to live with you and bear you.

La grand-mère d'Emilie: I'm in pain. I'm afraid.
Émilie Wong: Remember what you told me as a kid? "When you're afraid, think of someone you love and the pain will go away."
[pause]
Émilie Wong: Are you okay, Grandma?
La grand-mère d'Emilie: Who are you? What are you doing here?

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