The Sessions Movie Quotes
Mark O'Brien
I believe in a God with a sense of humor. I would find it absolutely intolerable not to be to able blame someone for all this.
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Susan
Would you like me to visit you?
Mark O'Brien
Are you married?
Susan
No.
Mark O'Brien
Do you have a steady boyfriend?
Susan
No.
Mark O'Brien
Then please visit as often as you can.
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Mark O'Brien
What happens when...?
Cheryl
What happens when what?
Mark O'Brien
When people become attached to each other.
Cheryl
What people?
Mark O'Brien
Just people.
Mark O'Brien
What's the chemistry in it all? When people are attracted to each other.
Cheryl
Are you attracted to me?
Mark O'Brien
God, no.
Cheryl
Ha-ha-ha.
Mark O'Brien
I'm just talking hypothetically.
Cheryl
Hypothetically... they write poems. They have sex.
Mark O'Brien
And what happens next?
Cheryl
After poetry and sex? Nothing or everything. The rest is by negotiation, as it were.
Mark O'Brien
What do you mean?
Cheryl
I mean, you can leave it at love and attraction... or you can make things complicated, like most people do.
Mark O'Brien
Have you?
Cheryl
Yes.
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Cheryl
Hi Mark O'Brien!
Mark O'Brien
Your money is on the desk over there.
Cheryl
Yes it is! Thank you!
Mark O'Brien
I didn't know whether to pay you now or after.
Cheryl
I'm not a prostitute, so you don't have to pay me up front.
Mark O'Brien
That was the wrong way to start off.
Cheryl
It really was! Shall we start again?
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Joan
[pushing his gurney]
Would you mind if I asked you a favor?
Mark O'Brien
What, you need help moving furniture?
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Father Brendan
[speaking about Mark's decision to find a sex surrogate]
I have a feeling that God is going to give you a free pass on this one. Go for it.
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Mark O'Brien
[lying in iron lung]
Breathing. Look you. This most excellent canopy, the air, presses down upon me at fifteen pounds per square inch. A dense, heavy, blue glowing ocean, teasing me with its nearness and immensity. And all I get is a thin stream of it. A finger's width of the rope that ties me to life.
[cat brushes his nose with its tail]
Mark O'Brien
Shit. Okay, just focus. Scratch with your mind. Okay, your mind. Scratch with your mind.
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Clerk
Now, come on, what kind of therapist is she?
Vera
I told you, she's a sex therapist. Today they're working on "simultaneous orgasm".
Clerk
What's that?
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Cheryl
You're a fully-fledged male Homo sapien endowed with a handsome and substantial penis, which now has a proven track record.
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Mark O'Brien
My penis talks to me, Father Brendan.
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Cheryl
I'm going to rub the tip of your penis around my vulva. And when it's ready, I'll guide you in. Breathe slowly and think of something delicious.
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Cheryl
I understand you're able to have an erection.
Mark O'Brien
Not by choice.
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Mark O'Brien
Why go to Germany? It's the only place in the world where humor is forbidden.
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Cheryl
Shall we get undressed?
Mark O'Brien
Sure!
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Mark O'Brien
This is not exactly a confession, I haven't yet done the deed. I was sort of hoping to get a quote in advance.
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Vera
Will you stop acting like you're going to your own execution.
Mark O'Brien
I'm not acting.
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Cheryl
Now I'm converting to Judaism.
Mark O'Brien
Well, it's good to have some kind of insurance.
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[first lines]
Bill Hillman - Reporter
Mark O'Brien has been going to UC Berkley since 1978. That's O'Brien in the motorized gurney heading for class last week. He had polio when he was six years old. The disease left his body crippled, but his mind remained sharp and alert. And since he wanted to be a writer, Mark O'Brien entered Cal to major in English and learn his trade. He wrote this poem for us about school here and about graduation.
Mark O'Brien
Graduation. Today I hear the crowd's applause. Receive the congratulations from my friends. Today I ask if I've found a place among the rest, who studied, read, wrote, and passed the test in cap and gown. Today I hope you see a man upon this stage.
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