The White Lotus Quotes

Mom, you look deranged.[Olivia Mossbacher]It’s all right. I have a filter for that.[Nicole Mossbacher]

Men love The Godfather because they feel emasculated by modern society. It’s a fantasy about a time when they could go out and solve all their problems with violence and sleep with every woman. And then come home to their wife who doesn’t ask them any questions and makes them pasta.

Marriages don’t always work out. Especially because you seem to be a smart and appealing young woman.[to Rachel]

Man, in the moment, you’re like this… You’re a monkey. Like possessed. You’d do anything to get your rocks off. And then, later, you regret it. And you do regret it. There’s the man, and there’s the monkey. And somehow, you gotta be man enough to face down the monkey.[to Quinn]

Look, obviously, imperialism was bad. Shouldn’t kill people, steal their land, and then make them dance. Everybody knows that. But it’s humanity. Welcome to history. Welcome to America. I mean, what are we gonna do, huh? Really. Nobody cedes their privilege. That’s absurd. And it goes against human nature. We’re all just trying to win the game of life. How are we gonna make it right? Should we give away all our money? Would you like that, Liv? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Maybe we should just feel shitty about ourselves all the time for the crimes of the past? Wear a hair shirt and not go on vacation?

Just because people are rich doesn’t mean they’re not trashy.

It’s not healthy to be so honest all the time.

It’s better to go for what you want in life and get rejected than have the shot and not take it.

It’s a good feeling when you realize that someone has money. Because then you don’t have to worry about them wanting yours.

If you’re looking for a friend, gay guys are really the best. Because, let’s face it, women are kinda depressing.[to Portia]

If that strange man is going to have my baby, he’d better be the best Buddhist in China.

Identity is a prison. No one is spared this prison. Rich man, poor man, success or failure. We build the prison, lock ourselves inside, then throw away the key.