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Memento 2000

Leonard Shelby: We all lie to ourselves to be happy.
— Memento 2000 happy
Leonard Shelby: [running] OK, so what am I doing?[sees Dodd also running]Leonard Shelby: Oh, Im chasing this guy.[Dodd shoots at Leonard]Leonard Shelby: No... hes chasing me.
— Memento 2000 sin
Leonard Shelby: I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my actions still have meaning, even if I cant remember them. I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the worlds still there. Do I believe the worlds still there? Is it still out there?... Yeah. We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. Im no different.
— Memento 2000 mind
[last lines]Leonard Shelby: Now... where was I?
— Memento 2000
Leonard Shelby: Im not a killer. Im just someone who wanted to make things right. Cant I just let myself forget what youve told me? Cant I just let myself forget what youve made me do. You think I just want another puzzle to solve? Another John G. to look for? Youre John G. So you can be my John G... Will I lie to myself to be happy? In your case Teddy... yes I will.
— Memento 2000 self
Teddy: You dont want the truth. You make up your own truth.
— Memento 2000 truth
Leonard Shelby: Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. Theyre just an interpretation, theyre not a record, and theyre irrelevant if you have the facts.
— Memento 2000 change
Leonard Shelby: If we cant make memories, we cant heal.
— Memento 2000 memories
Natalie: Whats the last thing that you do remember?Leonard Shelby: My wife...Natalie: Thats sweet.Leonard Shelby: ...dying.
— Memento 2000 sweet
Leonard Shelby: I dont even know how long shes been gone. Its like Ive woken up in bed and shes not here... because shes gone to the bathroom or something. But somehow, I know shes never gonna come back to bed. If I could just... reach over and touch... her side of the bed, I would know that it was cold, but I cant. I know I cant have her back... but I dont want to wake up in the morning, thinking shes still here. I lie here not knowing... how long Ive been alone. So how... how can I heal? How am I supposed to heal if I cant... feel time?
— Memento 2000 time
Leonard Shelby: I cant remember to forget you.
— Memento 2000 you
Leonard Shelby: Remember Sammy Jankis.
— Memento 2000
Leonard Shelby: We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. Im no different.
— Memento 2000 mind
[repeated line]Leonard Shelby: I have this condition.
— Memento 2000
Leonard Shelby: There are things you know for sure.Natalie: Such as?Leonard Shelby: I know what thats going to sound like when I knock on it. I know thats what going to feel like when I pick it up. See? Certainties. Its the kind of memory that you take for granted.
— Memento 2000 memory
[finding a beaten man in his closet]Leonard Shelby: ...who did this to you?Dodd: What?Leonard Shelby: Who did this to you?Dodd: You did.
— Memento 2000 man
Leonard Shelby: These tracks are just a few days old.Teddy: What are you, Pocahontas?
— Memento 2000 you
Teddy: Hey! Hey, thats not your car!Leonard Shelby: [takes a picture of the Jaguar] It is now.Teddy: Jesus Chri- you cant take it!Leonard Shelby: Why not?Teddy: Because the guy you killed owns it; somebody will recognize it!Leonard Shelby: Well, I rather be mistaken for a dead guy than a killer.
— Memento 2000 jesus
Natalie: But even if you get revenge youre not gonna remember it. Youre not even going to know that it happened.Leonard Shelby: My wife deserves vengance. Doesnt make a difference whether I know about it. Just becuase there are things I dont remember doesnt make my actions meaningless. The world doesnt just disappear when you close your eyes, does it? Anyway, maybe Ill take a photograph to remind myself, get another freaky tattoo.
— Memento 2000 mind
Natalie: Tell me about her again.Leonard Shelby: Why?Natalie: Because you like to remember her.Leonard Shelby: She was beautiful. To me, she was perfect.Natalie: No, dont just recite the words. Close your eyes... and remember her.Leonard Shelby: You can just feel the details. The bits and pieces you never bothered to put into words. And you can feel these extreme moments... even if you dont want to. You put these together, and you get the feel of a person. Enough to know how much you miss them... and how much you hate the person who took them away.
— Memento 2000 words
Teddy: [checking Leonards pulse] Youre living.Leonard Shelby: Only for revenge.
— Memento 2000 living
Natalie: Is that what your little note says? It must be hard living your life off a couple of scraps of paper. You mix your laundry list with your grocery list youll end up eating your underwear for breakfast.
— Memento 2000 life
Teddy: So you lie to yourself to be happy. Theres nothing wrong with that. We all do it.
— Memento 2000 self
Teddy: You know, Ive had more rewarding friendships than this one. Although I do get to keep telling the same jokes.
— Memento 2000 friendship
Leonard Shelby: Beg my wifes forgiveness, before I blow[pause]Leonard Shelby: your brains out.
— Memento 2000 forgiveness
Leonard Shelby: Hi. Uh, Lincoln Street?Waiter: Oh, you just take the main road...Leonard Shelby: Hang on, let me write this down.Waiter: Oh, its easy. You just...Leonard Shelby: Trust me, I need to write this down.
— Memento 2000 trust
[flashback]Leonard Shelby: How can you read that again?Leonards Wife: Its good.Leonard Shelby: Yeah, but you read it like a thousand times.Leonards Wife: I enjoy it.Leonard Shelby: I always thought the pleasure of a book was wanting to know what comes next.Leonards Wife: Hey, dont be a prick. Im not reading it to annoy you, I enjoy it. Just let me read... please.[smiles at him]
— Memento 2000 time
Teddy: You dont know who you are anymore.Leonard Shelby: Of course I do. Im Leonard Shelby. Im from San Francisco.Teddy: No, thats who you were. Maybe its time you started investigating yourself.
— Memento 2000 time
Leonard Shelby: I take it Ive told you about my condition.Teddy: Only every time I see ya.
— Memento 2000 time
Leonard Shelby: I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next.
— Memento 2000 reading
Leonard Shelby: Sammy Jankis wrote himself endless notes. But hed get mixed up. Ive got a more graceful solution to the memory problem. Im disciplined and organized. I use habit and routine to make my life possible. Sammy had no drive. No reason to make it work.
— Memento 2000 life
[about Leonards condition]Burt Hadley: Whats it like?Leonard Shelby: Its like waking. Like you just woke up.Burt Hadley: That must suck.
— Memento 2000 you
[repeated line]Leonard Shelby: Awake. Where am I?
— Memento 2000
Leonard Shelby: Facts, not memories. Thats how you investigate. I know, its what I used to do.
— Memento 2000 memories
Teddy: Someone has to pay, Lenny. Somebody always pays.
— Memento 2000 body
Leonard Shelby: If we talk for too long, Ill forget how we started. Next time I see you, Im not gonna remember this conversation. I dont even know if Ive met you before.[pause]Leonard Shelby: Ive told you this before, havent I?
— Memento 2000 time
Leonard Shelby: Its just an anonymous room. Theres nothing in the drawers. But you look anyway. Nothing except the Gideon bible, which I, of course, read religiously.
— Memento 2000 bible
Leonard Shelby: When I looked into his eyes I thought I saw recognition. Now I know. You fake it. If you think youre supposed to recognize somebody you, you just pretend. You bluff it to get a pat on the head from the doctors. You bluff it to seem less like a freak.
— Memento 2000 thought
[wields a crowbar in his hand]Leonard Shelby: Strip![Jimmy takes off his shirt]Leonard Shelby: Take off your pants too.Jimmy Grantz: Why?Leonard Shelby: I dont want to get blood on them.
— Memento 2000 you
Teddy: But when you killed him I, I was so convinced that youd remember. But it didnt stick... like nothin ever sticks, like this wont stick.
— Memento 2000 you
Leonard Shelby: Probably burned truck loads of your stuff before. Cant remember to forget you.
— Memento 2000 you
Sammy Jankis: Thats a test? Where were you guys when I did my CPA?
— Memento 2000 you
[Leonard hits Teddy in the back of his head with his camera]Teddy: Lenny! That shit kills!
— Memento 2000 wit
Teddy: Finished playing with yourself there, Lenny?
— Memento 2000 self
Teddy: Nice shot, Liebowitz.
— Memento 2000 lie
Leonard Shelby: [while walking through a parking lot, Teddy stops at his dilapidated Chevrolet] My car.Teddy: [laughs] This is your car.Leonard Shelby: [holds up a picture of the Jaguar with the caption My Car] Oh, youre in a playful mood. Its not good for you to make fun of somebodys handicap.Teddy: Just trying to have a little fun.
— Memento 2000 good
Leonard Shelby: My wife deserves revenge, whether I know about it or not.
— Memento 2000 revenge
Teddy: Youre not a killer.[pinches Leonards cheeks]Teddy: Thats why youre so good at it.
— Memento 2000 good
Leonard Shelby: I was the only guy who disagreed with the cops - and I had brain damage.
— Memento 2000 age
Leonard Shelby: [looking at a near-empty bottle of alcohol in his hand] Hmmm. I dont feel drunk.
— Memento 2000 alcohol
Teddy: Its beer oclock, and Im buying.
— Memento 2000
[talking on the phone about Sammy Jankis attempts to learn through repitition]Leonard Shelby: Sammy had no drive, no reason to make it work.[listens and looks at his tattoo reading John G. raped and murdered my wife]Leonard Shelby: Me? Yeah, I got a reason.
— Memento 2000 reading
[first lines]Leonard Shelby: [voiceover] So where are you? Youre in some motel room. You just - you just wake up and youre in - in a motel room. Theres the key. It feels like maybe its just the first time youve been there, but perhaps youve been there for a week, three months. Its - its kind of hard to say. I dont - I dont know. Its just an anonymous room.
— Memento 2000 time
Teddy: We found him, you killed him!... But you didnt remember.
— Memento 2000 you
Leonard Shelby: I meet Sammy through work. Insurance. I was an investigator. Id investigate the claims to see which ones were phony. I had to see through peoples bullshit. It was useful experience, cause now its my life.
— Memento 2000 life
Teddy: When she offers to help, itll be for her own reasons. Im not lying. Take my pen, write this down. Do not trust her.
— Memento 2000 trust

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