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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Lo: A faithful heart makes wishes come true.

Sir Te: A sword by itself rules nothing. It only comes alive in skilled hands.

Li Mu Bai: I would rather be a ghost drifting by your side as a condemned soul than enter heaven without you... because of your love, I will never be a lonely spirit

Jade Fox: Your master underestimated women! He'd sleep with me, but he would never teach me. He deserved to die by a woman's hand.

Yu Shu Lien: Without Green Destiny, you are nothing!

[commenting on the theft of the Green Destiny sword once again]
Sir Te: They take it, they return it, they take it again......this place is becoming a warehouse!

Jen Yu: Who are you?
Gou Jun Pei: I'm Shining Phoenix Mountain Gou.
Jen Yu: Gou? I hate that name. It makes me puke! Too bad you're named Gou. You'll be the first to feel my sword today.

Li Mu Bai: No growth without resistance. No action without reaction. No desire without restraint.

Li Mu Bai: She should come to Wudan and become a disciple.
Yu Shu Lien: But Wudan does not accept women.
Li Mu Bai: For her, they might make an exception. If not, I'm afraid she'll become a poisoned dragon.

Lo: All this trouble for a comb?
Jen Yu: It's mine. It means a lot to me. A barbarian like you wouldn't understand.
Lo: I can use it to pick fleas from my horse.

Li Mu Bai: The things we touch have no permanence. My master would say: there is nothing we can hold onto in this world. Only by letting go can we truly possess what is real.

Li Mu Bai: Giang Hu is a world of tigers and dragons, full of corruption.

Jen Yu: Who am I? I am... I am the Invincible Sword Goddess, armed with the incredible Green Destiny. Be you Li or Southern Crane, lower your head and ask for mercy. I am the desert dragon. I leave no trace. Today I fly over Eu-Mei. Tomorrow... I'll kick over Wudan Mountain!

Li Mu Bai: Like many things, I am nothing.

Sir Te: When it comes to emotions, even great heroes can be idiots.

Yu Shu Lien: To repress one's feelings only makes them stronger.

Li Mu Bai: I've already wasted my whole life. I want to tell you with my last breath that I have always loved you. I would rather be a ghost, drifting by your side as a condemned soul, than enter heaven without you. Because of your love, I will never be a lonely spirit.

Li Mu Bai: Real sharpness comes without effort.

Li Mu Bai: Even if I was banished to the darkest place, my love will never let me be a lonely spirit.

Li Mu Bai: Sharpness is a state of mind.

Yu Shu Lien: You were enlightened?
Li Mu Bai: No. I didn't feel the bliss of enlightenment. Instead...I was surrounded by an endless sorrow.

Gangster A: You don't seem to understand.
Jen Yu: So what if I don't?
Gangster B: We have ways of making you understand.