Donnie: I made a new friend today.
Dr. Lilian Thurman: Real or imaginary?
Donnie: Imaginary.
Gretchen: You’re weird.
Donnie: Sorry.
Gretchen: No, that was a compliment.
Donnie: Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit? Frank: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?
Dr. Lilian Thurman: What did Roberta Sparrow say to you?
Donnie: She said “Every living creature on earth dies alone”.
Gretchen: My mom had to get a restraining order against my step dad. He has emotional problems.
Donnie: Oh, I have those too. What kind does your step dad have?
Gretchen: He stabbed my mom four times in the chest.
Donnie: Oh.
Gretchen: Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.
Donnie: Well look, um… uh… you wanna go with me?
Gretchen: Where do you wanna go?
Donnie: No, I mean like go with me, like you know… like, that’s what we call it here… going together…
Gretchen: Sure [pauses for a moment, turns and walks away]
Donnie: Ok-hey where’re you going?
Gretchen: I’m going home.
Donnie: [reading poem in class] A storm is coming, Frank says / A storm that will swallow the children / And I will deliver them from the kingdom of pain / I will deliver the children back the their doorsteps / And send the monsters back to the underground / I’ll send them back to a place where no-one else can see them / Except for me / Because I am Donnie Darko.
Rose Darko: Our son just called me a bitch.
Edward Darko: You’re not a bitch. You’re bitchin’, but you’re not a bitch.