Elle Lothlorien Quotes

Be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn, In that case, you should always be a unicorn.

~ Elle Lothlorien

You can donate marrow for her, Alice Faye, you can’t cure her. You can win a poker tournament, but that won’t make her want to live. So I’ll ask you again: Who are you, and what are you doing here? Because Munny sure doesn’t want you to be her, and she wants someone to be out in the world living since she’s got the market cornered on dying right now.

~ Elle Lothlorien

I slump in my chair, thinking how a narcotic party of one is no party at all.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Aw, you’re nothing but heart, Mako. Nice valentine in your skull, by the way. Is that temporary or did the Tanaka-kai change their daimon to attract the Powerpuff Girls crowd?

~ Elle Lothlorien

If you ever pull a switcheroo like that again, Dee, I’m going to offer your boyfriend ten thousand dollars to make out with Alice for two minutes.

~ Elle Lothlorien

I think it would be prudent to advise you that due to extraordinary circumstances beyond our control, the original plan we had for participating in and extending the duration of the IPT Main Event has been drastically altered, specifically as it pertains to certain individuals competing—

~ Elle Lothlorien

I want to kiss my brother for being so tactful. Rabbit looks grateful as well, and I can only imagine what it would be like to trot out your embarrassing 'enjo kosai' problem in front of your sister, your former love-interest of a couple of weeks, and her two siblings.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Souris says you wanted to see me, so here I am. Talk quick before I decide to beat the shit out of you and throw your bloody carcass back across the International Date Line.

~ Elle Lothlorien

As you know, the International Poker Tour, by its own admission, knows very little about poker games, one of which ended tragically last week when an IPT-sanctioned tournament aboard a yacht in Australia accidentally used tarot cards instead of playing cards. That’s right, it’s true! Apparently no one noticed until someone laid down a full house and the dealer died.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Faye, if you got eaten by another shark, would you please at least have the decency to say so? My time is kind of limited, if you know what I’m sayin’.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Well, you played me, Rabbit. You played me, and it worked, and I’m not the kind of person to make the same mistake twice. Your whole life is a game, but you know what? I already have a life. Poker’s nothing to me but a goddamn deck of cards.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Turns out making a dramatic exit is a lot harder when you have to stand there and wait another twenty minutes for a boat to dock.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Enjoy your little run because there’s no way you get off this boat without her trying to slice your Achilles in half.

~ Elle Lothlorien

And just so you know—that winter forest we walked into first? That was from Through the Looking Glass too. Hey, if you’re going to saddle me with the blame for your overconsumption, at least get the book right.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Wait, and you had to ask him if Faye’s in danger? IF? Okay, first of all, I’m just going to admit that I didn’t know Japan had a Mafia, but I also didn’t know they got a Disney World. If someone gets an invitation from the Mafia, I’d say there’s potential for a bit of danger, wouldn’t you? I mean, am I the only one here who saw Goodfellas?

~ Elle Lothlorien

Right, 'the Queen of Hearts.' Sounds to me like you’re just one bitch in a whole pack of cards, baby.

~ Elle Lothlorien

The words ‘drink me’ come to mind. Anyone besides me up for some heavy alcohol consumption?

~ Elle Lothlorien

Oh, Alice, you haven’t even had a taste of my romantic streak yet. And when the time’s right I don’t think I’ll have to ‘try’ to have my way with you. I just WILL.

~ Elle Lothlorien

My help—it’s not a light switch you can turn on and off. My help starts right now, and after this point you don’t get to tell me that you don’t want it anymore. Understand? You had a chance to walk away, Alice, and you didn’t take it. Now it’s time to play the game.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Have you thrown ‘Why is a raven like a writing desk?’ at her yet?

~ Elle Lothlorien

For someone named Alice, you’re really not all that up on your Wonderland trivia.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Just keep it simple, Alice Faye. Remember how you taught yourself. Nothing’s different just because you’re on a yacht, or wearing a fancy dress. Or because you appear to have dropped acid and are now in the mirror room at the fun house.

~ Elle Lothlorien

I look around briefly at the other players like I always do before a game. Other than Queenie, Bill, and Talon, I don’t know any of them (and I don’t care enough about them to know them). But if there’s going to be any cordiality, any forced politeness or ‘Aw, shucks, let’s all just try to have a good time here tonight’ kind of blather, then now’s the time to get it out of the way before I get down to the business of screwing everyone out of their hopes and dreams.

~ Elle Lothlorien

You know what they say, Queenie: ALWAYS bet like you have a pair.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Pretty great view. You think they’d do something about the sharks.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Turns out rolling your eyes in a bar when ‘Land Down Under’ plays is like someone belching during the Star Spangled Banner in America.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Oh, yeah, that goatee is really unattractive. That definitely belongs on a much fatter man.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Are you saying that you need an attorney? For what? As far as I know, being a dick isn’t against the law in any country.

~ Elle Lothlorien

I don’t need to look at your primal, white-hot, mutant pirate eyes, big guy. Just forget that I’m there, and I’ll try to block out the fact that I ever met you. Basically we’ll just act like we do every day.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Are you referring to the day you instructed me to ‘follow the white rabbit,’ plied me with absinthe and brownies, and tried to have your way with me? Didn’t take long for you to lose your romantic streak, did it?

~ Elle Lothlorien

Didn’t you read the invitation? There’s going to be a game in a little while--the big Twister game in an hour. Make sure you eat plenty of bread.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Oh, and Mr. Montgomery? I think I counted about four dozen important-sounding words and almost no substance at all in that explanation. I don’t think you should close the door on your diplomatic career entirely.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Don’t worry, little bunny, we only use our triplet telepathic powers for good.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Uh-oh, I hope he doesn’t start rattling off dirty limericks next; she’ll probably burn the hotel down.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Alice, I am the game, and trust me: you don’t want to play me.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Would you like to hear about the fascinating things lizards can do if you chew off their tails?

~ Elle Lothlorien

Remember that rabbit-proof fencing you told me about? You get that at a hardware store or is it special order?

~ Elle Lothlorien

So…while we’re sitting here on this luxury yacht enjoying our bread and water, why doesn’t someone tell me the plan?

~ Elle Lothlorien

I made sure to brush my teeth as soon as I was able. I even asked for a hair tie to pull my long, blood-red hair into a twist at the nape of my neck so I wouldn’t have that 'freshly hospitalized' look.

~ Elle Lothlorien

Well, Faye, dear, I’m sure Harlow’s sorry she didn’t think to ask if you’d been eaten by a shark. That’s totally on her.

~ Elle Lothlorien