Isolation and Loneliness Flashcards
1
Q
“It’s just that I don’t want to be left alone. Not now, while I’m under this terrible strain.”
A
Norma Desmond
2
Q
“A kind of creeping paralysis”
A
Joe Gillis (narration)
3
Q
“You don’t yell at a sleepwalker.”
A
Joe Gillis
4
Q
“I am not a crazy woman! I’m the greatest star of them all!”
A
Norma Desmond
5
Q
“You’re the only person in this stinking town that has been good to me.”
A
Joe Gillis
6
Q
“I didn’t know you were planning a comeback.”
A
Joe Gillis
7
Q
“There’s nothing tragic about being fifty.”
A
Joe Gillis
8
Q
“I have everything I want. I have my own house, my own car.”
A
Norma Desmond
9
Q
“What right do you have to take me for granted?”
A
Joe Gillis
10
Q
“Funny how gentle people get with you once you’re dead.”
A
Joe Gillis (narration)
