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Tom Ripley Quotes

Total quotes: 11
“You're the brother I never had. I'm the brother you never had. I would do anything for you, Dickie.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Brother, Loyalty
“Marge Sherwood: I don't believe a single word you've said.

Tom Ripley: You're shivering, Marge. Look at you, Marge. Can I hold you? Will you let me hold you?”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Distrust, shivering, Hold Me
“Tom Ripley: Nothing is more naked than your handwriting. See how nothing's quite touching the line? That's vanity.

Dickie Greenleaf: Well, we certainly know that that's true.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: handwriting, Vanity
“I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: fake, real
“Meredith: Dickie?

Tom Ripley: Hello Meredith!

Meredith: Oh my God! I hardly even recognized you.

Tom Ripley: Well, you spotted me so you get the reward.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Reward
“And that's the irony, Marge. I loved you. You may was well know it, Marge: I loved you. I don't know... maybe it's grotesque of me to say this now, so just write it on a piece of paper or something and put it in your purse for a rainy day. 'Tom loves me.' 'Tom loves me.'”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Irony, Love
“Tom Ripley: Don't you just take the past, and put it in a room in the basement, and lock the door and never go in there? That's what I do.

Peter: God, yes. Though in my case, it's probably a whole building.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: The Past, Forgetting The Past, Moving On
“Dickie Greenleaf: We're all only children. What does that mean?

Tom Ripley: It means we've never shared a bath. I'm cold, can I get in?

Dickie Greenleaf: No.

Tom Ripley: I didn't mean with you in it.

Dickie Greenleaf: Okay, get in. I'm like a prune anyway.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Children, shared bath
“Dickie Greenleaf: You're so white! Have you ever seen a guy so white, Marge? Grey, actually.

Tom Ripley: It's just an undercoat.

Dickie Greenleaf: Say again?

Tom Ripley: You know, a primer.

Dickie Greenleaf: That's funny. Margie likes that 'cause she's so white. too.

Marge Sherwood: Yes, I do and you're not funny.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: white, paint, that's not funny
“Don't you just take the past and put it in a room in a basement and lock the door and never go in there? That's what I do. And then you meet someone special and all you want to do is to toss them the key and say, 'Open up, step inside,' but you can't because it's dark. There's demons, and if anybody saw how ugly it is... I keep wanting to do that: fling the door open, just let light in and clean everything out.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Past, basement, Demons, ugly
“Freddie Miles: In fact the only thing that looks like Dickie is you.

Tom Ripley: Hardly.

Freddie Miles: Have you done something to your hair?

Tom Ripley: Freddie, do you have something you'd like to say?

Freddie Miles: What? I think I'm saying it. Something's going on. He's either converted to Christianity... or to something else.

Tom Ripley: I suggest you ask Dickie that yourself. Otello's is on delle Croce, just off the Corso.

Freddie Miles: Is it on 'delle Croce, just off the Corso?' You're a quick study, aren't you? Last time you didn't know your ass from your elbow, now you're giving me directions. That's not fair, you probably do know your ass from your elbow. I'll see you.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Christianity, Conversion, quick study, ass from elbow
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