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The Company of Wolves (1984) More at IMDb Pro »

Granny: Never stray from the path, never eat a windfall apple and never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle.

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Rosaleen: And that's all I'll tell you, cause that's all I know.

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Rosaleen: Little girls, this seems to say / Never stop upon the way / Never trust a stranger friend / No-one knows where it may end / As you're pretty, so be wise / Wolves may lurk in every guise / Now as then, 'tis simple truth / Sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth.

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Rosaleen: Little girls, this seems to say, never stop upon your way, never trust a stranger friend, no-one knows how it will end! As you're pretty, so be wise! Wolves may lurk in every guise! Now, as then, it's simple truth, sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth!

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Granny: Your only sister, all alone in the wood, and nobody there to save her. Poor little lamb.
Rosaleen: Why couldn't she save herself?

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Rosaleen: And then they lived happily ever after?
Granny: Indeed they did not!

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Mother: You pay too much attention to your granny. She knows a lot but she doesn't know everything. And if there's a beast in men, it meets its match in women too.

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Rosaleen: Jesus, what big teeth you have!

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Rosaleen: Who's come to sing us carols, then?
Huntsman: Only my companions, darling. I love the company of wolves. Look out of the window and you'll see them.
Rosaleen: Poor creatures. It's freezing cold out there. No wonder they howl so.

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Rosaleen: I'm sorry. I never knew a wolf could cry.

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Amorous Boy's father: A daughter is one thing, a heifer is another!

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Witch Woman: So I wasn't good enough for you? I was once. Once upon a time! Don't you remember? Well, don't you? The Wolves in the forest are more decent!

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Granny: Get ye back to Hell from whence ye came!
Huntsman: I don't come from Hell, I come from the forest.
Granny: What have you done with my Grand-daughter?
Huntsman: Nothing she didn't want!

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Old Priest: [to wolf-girl] Are you God's work, or the Devil's? Oh, what do I care whose work you are? You poor, silent creature.
[binds her wound]
Old Priest: It will heal. In time.

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[repeated line]
Father: Seeing is believing.

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Rosaleen: [a lock of hair singes in the fireplace] Is that all you left of her? Your kind can't stomach hair, can you? Even if the worst wolves are hairy on the inside.

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Huntsman: Are you very much afraid?
Rosaleen: It wouldn't do me much good to be afraid, would it? What big eyes you have.
Huntsman: All the better to see you with.
Rosaleen: They say seeing is believing, but I'd never swear to it.

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Rosaleen: They say the Prince of Darkness is a gentleman. And as it turns out, they're right; a fine gentleman.

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Rosaleen: I'd never let a man strike me.
Granny: Oh, they're nice as pie until they've had their way with you. But once the bloom is gone... oh, the beast comes out.

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