Aunt Elizabeth Quotes

Vinodel: I may be deeply in love.

Elizabeth: Not something I do.

(The morning after Elizabeth’s big orgy…)

Vinodel: You fired something in me, and when I look at you now, I must have you again. I suggest immediately, and possibly hourly after that.

Elizabeth: Well, flattered, of course, but I really keep things like that on a high rotation. A man, then a woman, two men and a woman, then something with wood. My own hand, in a forest setting, an unwilling guard, and a serf touching themselves as I eat cake. Maybe in a month or two.

Vinodel: I may just take you. (touches her arm, she punches him in a stomach)

Elizabeth: Like I said, in a month, sweep my feet from under me and demand my compliance with some hair pulling and a tongue dipped in black opium, and we have a deal.

Elizabeth: I often find the injuries from a torrid night, the lingering, slight pains, it’s quite pleasant for a few days after.

Elizabeth (to Catherine): We kept it from you to protect you from who your mother was. It was an act of love, not an act of betrayal. Catherine, you’re delusional about people, about the world. That is your great gift. But it’s a curse as well.

Joanna (about Catherine): I am saving her from herself. Someone will cut her throat!

Elizabeth: Probably. But she may do much before that happens. This is Russia. We hope for the best, expect the worst, and don’t get too exercised about either eventuality.

(Catherine is crying hysterically, Elizabeth walks in, looks around at people for the reason…)

Orlo: Leo.

Elizabeth: And you fools just stand there? I thought the new Russia was one where we held each other in our joys and sorrows. (hugs Catherine) Let it go. It is a storm. They will never stop coming, but pass through and away. They always will.

(Catherine is laying down with a frog on her pregnant belly…)

Dr. Vinodel: I must listen for a heartbeat.

Elizabeth: If there was not a heartbeat, the frog would hop off.