Thriller (TV Series)

The Carnation Killer (1973)

Norman Eshley: Arthur Page

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• Arthur Page : Do you believe in coincidence, Miss Marsh?

  Julie Marsh : What?

  Arthur Page : You remind me of a girl I once knew. She's gone now. They all are.

• Arthur Page : [Holding a screaming, shuddering Julie]  It's ridiculous, quite ridiculous!

  Julie Marsh : I can't bear them!

  Arthur Page : Such a tiny rodent.

  Julie Marsh : Rats! They sicken me.

  Arthur Page : One rat and a small one. You'll agree it was a small one?

  Julie Marsh : I don't know. I didn't stop to see.

  Arthur Page : It was a very tiny one. That's what's so peculiar. You run from a creature probably more frightened of you, a creature too small to present any threat to you, and yet you don't run from me.

  Julie Marsh : You? Why should I?

  Arthur Page : Well, I'm bigger than a rat.

• Arthur Page : I think I may plant carnations all around the house. Red carnations. A sea of them. Like the Red Sea. A blood-red sea.

• Arthur Page : Oh, I have lots of things in mind.

• Arthur Page : So very red.

• Arthur Page : I do wish you'd relax. I can be very good company if you relax.

• Arthur Page : It should breathe first. Everything should be allowed to breathe ... for a little while.

• Arthur Page : Soft. I knew it would be. I imagined it would be soft. I've imagined lots of things. Somehow, reality never matches up to the imagination. It's the women. It's the women who let you down.