Poor Things Quotes

We must experience everything, not just the good. But degradation, horror, sadness… This makes us whole. Makes us people of substance, not flighty, untouched children. Then we can know the world. And when we know the world, the world is ours.[to Bella]

I have adventured it and found nothing but sugar and violence. It is most charming.

I am finding being alive fascinating.

My father once told me, “Always carve with compassion.” He was a f***ing idiot, but it’s not bad advice.

A woman plotting her course to freedom. How delightful.

Why do people not just do this all the time?[to Duncan, about sex]

I’m a changingable feast, as are all of we.

I must go punch that baby.

You’re wh**es.[Duncan Wedderburn]We are our own means of production.[Bella Baxter]

Why I keep it in my mouth if it is revolting?[to Duncan, about food]

Money is its own form of sickness.

It is the goal of all to improve, advance, progress, grow.