Nocturnal Animals * Quotes

"When you love someone you have to be careful with it, you might never get it again."
[to Susan]

"Do you ever feel like your life is turning into something you never intended?"

Susan Morrow: "My ex-husband used to call me a nocturnal animal."
Alex: "I didn't know you had an ex-husband."
Susan Morrow: "I've been thinking about him a lot lately, and then recently he sent me this book that he's written. It's violent and it's sad, and he dedicated it to me."
Alex: "Did you love him?"
Susan Morrow: "I did something horrible to him. I left him in a brutal way."

"I'm going to live to regret this."

"Don't do this. He's too weak for you. The things you love about him now are the things you'll hate."
[to Susan]

"Enjoy the absurdity of our world, it's a lot less painful. Believe me, our world is a lot less painful than the real world."

"We all eventually turn into our mothers."