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Kinoafisha Films Secret Things Secret Things Movie Quotes

Secret Things Movie Quotes

Nathalie Next chapter: Men, a user's manual. First pick a good one. But don't fall all over him. Play the good, innocent little girl. Let him play protector.

Sandrine We can all do that. Guys just want to get laid and move on.

Nathalie That's why you don't fuck 'em. At least not just like that. Without letting on, study them, get them talking. Discover their weak spots and passions: money, cars, I dunno... success, work. When you find out, you flatter them. Then, once you've chosen your man, you yield to him. Never on the first date. He'll think you're easy. Don't wait too long, either. After 3 or 4 dinners, then give him the works. Give him pleasure, make him think only he can make you climax, play the happy, docile woman, but not for too long. Soon in bed, you stop faking. Not seeing you climax will get him all worked up. Then without warning, drop him and start fooling around. Overtly. One night stands. If possible, with another woman. It'll humiliate him, drive him nuts. He'll come crawling back.

Sandrine It works every time?

Nathalie Just about. That's the mystery of human nature... we want what resists or escapes us.

Sandrine Who taught you that?

Nathalie Life. My mother. But she and I were poor. I also read a lot. I had schooling like you. It didn't keep us from enduing in the same strip club. We women lack confidence and daring. Someone always has to be behind us, egging us on. We're a bit like the working class. My mother said they'd stay that way for one reason: they didn't dare move up. "Dare!" That's what she'd always say. She knew about human nature.

Sandrine Meanwhile, no guy ever made me come.

Nathalie I know. And that's just fine!

Sandrine If you say so.

Nathalie You'll soon understand. What'd you do with your guy?

Sandrine I faked it.

Nathalie Why?

Sandrine I wanted to make him happy.

Nathalie No, you felt guilty, thinking it was your fault. You were wrong. Lesson 3: femmes fatales are usually narcissists or lesbians. They're frigid with men. They come when they want to, which isn't often. It's their strength. With famous courtesans...

Sandrine Want to make me a call girl?

Nathalie No, I'm teaching you about life. Now, with famous courtesans each guy wanted to succeed where others had failed. Pride will make a man spend a fortune to be seen with them. Frigidity helps with men. Sex enslaves you. The slave must be the other. Now you can come on your own, you're free. Get it?

Sandrine What about love?

Nathalie Our Enemy Number One. The real risk. In war, if you stop to think, you die. If we fall in love, we're done for. Has your life been such a thrill until now? Be realistic: no one'll help you change your life. True love can wait. Now show me how you fake it.

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Sandrine What do you feel dancing naked with all those people watching?

Nathalie Nothing.

Sandrine But you excite them.

Nathalie Usually it's routine.

Sandrine Usually?

Nathalie On stage once, I came the hardest I ever had.

Sandrine Even with a guy?

Nathalie That night I came the hardest I ever had.

Sandrine Why?

Nathalie Because people were watching.

Sandrine Men were watching?

Nathalie People were watching. It really got me off and I came. It's happened several times.

Sandrine So that's it?

Nathalie What?

Sandrine What makes you so exciting. Did it happen tonight?

Nathalie No such luck.

[Sandrine laughs with convulsive delight]

Nathalie Did what I say shock you?

Sandrine No. I'm a little jealous. Ii figure I'd never dare.

Nathalie Never dare what? Show yourself naked? Get off by exciting them? Or just get off?

Sandrine All that together. And I'm not pretty enough.

Nathalie All us girls say that. I was afraid, too.

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Nathalie What's stopping you?

Sandrine You're nuts, I'd never dare.

Nathalie Are you drunk?

Sandrine No.

[giggle]

Sandrine No, I feel fine.

Nathalie Then let's play a little game.

Sandrine What game.

Nathalie Daring. Daring to cross that forbidden think line that your friends will never cross. That will get you off.

Sandrine [narrating] I wanted to get out of there fast.

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Sandrine No.

Nathalie Sit down. I won't jump you. First it has to happen in your head. Okay. Now close your eyes and let me guide you. The rest will come naturally. Go to the bed.

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Nathalie [guiding Sandrine in a game of 'Dare'] Close your eyes. Let yourself go. Every time you hesitate, make that little effort to keep going. Dare yourself to feel good. Stroke your body slowly. Try to explore it without shame. Run your hands over your body. Find the spots where you feel the most pleasure.

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Sandrine [narrating as we watch Nathalie and her walk through the streets of Paris, eating and drinking at a cafe, while wearing only heels and long coats] It felt funny being naked under our coats in the unsuspecting crowd. Funny, but really pleasant. So we kept it up. I had begun to dare. It gave me a sense of superiority over people I'd pass on the street.

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Christophe I am the death of all and the birth of all. Word and memory, fortitude and mercy, and the silence of secret things.

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Delacroix [while at a photocopier] Very soon, Sandrine, because of all these machines and computers, we'll end up totally lonely beings.