Eleanor:
Henry's bed is Henry's province. He can people it with sheep for all I care, which on occasion he has done.
Henry II: Rosamund's been dead for seven years...
Eleanor: ...two months and eighteen days. I never liked her much.
Henry II: You counted the days.
Eleanor: I made the numbers up.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Henry II: Rosamund's been dead for seven years...
Eleanor: ...two months and eighteen days. I never liked her much.
Henry II: You counted the days.
Eleanor: I made the numbers up.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Eleanor:
Her eyes in certain light were violet, and all her teeth were even. That's a rare, fair feature: even teeth. She smiled to excess, but she chewed with real distinction.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Eleanor:
I adored you.
Henry II: Never!
Eleanor: I still do.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Henry II: Never!
Eleanor: I still do.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Eleanor:
I adored you. I still do.
Henry II: Of all the lies you've told, that is the most terrible.
Eleanor: I know. That's why I've saved it up until now.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Henry II: Of all the lies you've told, that is the most terrible.
Eleanor: I know. That's why I've saved it up until now.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Eleanor:
I could peel you like a pear, and God, himself, would call it justice.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Eleanor:
I even made poor Louis take me on Crusade. How's that for blasphemy. I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn... but the troops were dazzled.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Eleanor:
If you're broken it's because you're brittle... I've lost you, and I can't ever have you back.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Eleanor:
In a world where carpenters get resurrected, everything is possible.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Eleanor:
Oh Henry, we mangled every thing we touch.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Eleanor:
We're jungle creatures, Henry, and the dark is all around us. See them? In the corners, you can see the eyes.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
