Top 20 Quotes From Juan Antonio

Juan: Judy Nash says you are having an unhappy life.
Vicky: Well, she's talking about herself.
Juan: Maybe you will understand more about your own feelings once we've made love.
Vicky: Yeah or less.

Cristina: [Looking at a sculpture of Jesus] Are you very religious?
Juan: No, no, no, no, I'm not. The trick is to enjoy life, accepting it has no meaning whatsoever.
Cristina: No meaning? You don't think that authentic love gives life meaning?
Juan: Yes, but love is so transient. Isn't it? I was in love with a most incredible woman... and then in the end...
Vicky: Yes?
Juan: She put a knife into me.
Cristina: My God, that's terrible!
Vicky: Well, maybe you did something to deserve it.

Cristina: I am here to go to bed with you. You're right. So, you're pretty much home free, unless you - blow it.
Juan: Blow it?
Cristina: Yeah.
Juan: *Blow* it - you mean ruin the moment?
Cristina: Yeah.
Juan: How would I do that?
Cristina: I don't know. It could be anything from some inane comment to wearing the wrong kind of shorts. Although, some how, by looking at you, I think you're wearing the right kind of shorts.

Maria: I don't like her for you! I don't trust her! And you know I always have your best interests.
Juan: Well, not when you're trying to kill me.
Maria: Oh, that.
Juan: Yeah, that. That small detail. Yes.

Vicky: Oh, God, look, I wouldn't call our reluctance to leap at your sexual offer being over-analytical. If you would care to join us for some recognized form of social interaction, like a drink, then we'd be fine, but otherwise, I think you should try, you know, offering to some other table.
Juan: Mm-hm. What offended you about the offer? Surely not that I find you both beautiful and desirable.
Vicky: Offended me, no. It's very amusing, galling, to be honest,

Juan: We never had a chance to say a proper goodbye.
Vicky: Oh, well, you could have called me.
Juan: I - yeah - I debated it. But, I didn't think there was much point.
Vicky: Yeah, but, you never phoned. Not to say - anything. I mean, "thank you, it was fun." You don't make love to someone and then never call them unless you were greatly disappointed.
Juan: Quite the opposite. But, you have plans to marry and I thought it best to stop anything before it lead to a bad situation for everyone.
Vicky: Yeah, well, I'm only saying that we made love and you seemed to drop off the face of the earth. I mean, I realize these things don't mean much to you.
Juan: To pursue matters would have only caused you anxiety and for me a disappointment.

Julio: What do you hear of Maria Elena?
Juan: Eh, Maria Elena. Maria Elena's still living with the architect in Madrid.
Julio: That woman was the best. I still have erotic dreams about her, at my age.
Juan: She also loved you very much, Papa.

Juan: American?
Cristina: I'm Cristina, and this is my friend Vicky.
Juan: What color are your eyes?
Cristina: Uh, they're blue.
Juan: Well, I'd like to invite you both to come with me to Oviedo.
Vicky: To come where?
Juan: To Oviedo. For the weekend. We leave in one hour.
Cristina: What- Where is Oviedo?
Juan: A very short flight.
Vicky: By plane?
Juan: Mmm-hmm.
Cristina: What's in Oviedo?
Juan: I go to see a sculpture, that is very inspiring to me. A very beautiful sculpture. You will love it.
Vicky: Oh, right. you're asking us to fly to Oviedo and back.
Juan: Mmmm. No, we'll spend the weekend. I mean, I'll show you around the city, and we'll eat well. We'll drink good wine. We'll make love.
Vicky: Yeah, who exactly is going to make love?
Juan: Hopefully, the three of us.

Cristina: How long is she going to stay here?
Juan: Christina, I know - this is not what you had in mind.
Cristina: No.
Juan: But, she has to stay with us.
Cristina: I understand. I understand.
Juan: She has no one else.
Cristina: I understand. It's only for a short time.
Juan: Yes, a few months, at most.
Cristina: She's staying for a few months?

Vicky: You said you were looking at my face. Why?
Juan: Why were you looking at mine?
Vicky: Was I?
Juan: You probably saw my tears.
Vicky: Yeah. I'm a little out of control.
Juan: I was looking at your face because I find it very beautiful.
Vicky: You do?
Juan: Of course, I do. Of course, I do. And you know I do.
[kiss]

Juan: Maria Elena used to say that only unfulfilled love can be romantic.

Vicky: So, uh, tell me why, why won't your father publish his poems?
Juan: Well, because, ungh, he hates the world and that's his way of getting back at them, to create beautiful works and then to deny them to the public, which I think it's...
Vicky: My god.
Juan: Hmmm.
Vicky: Oh, what makes him so angry toward the human race?
Juan: Because after thousands of years of civilization they still haven't learned to love.

Maria: Do you think she'll be enough for you?
Juan: Well, she's - she's quite intelligent and she is a free thinker like you.
Maria: Like me?
Juan: Yes.
Maria: You're still searching for me in every woman.

Cristina: I can't guarantee the love-making, because I happen to be very moody.
Juan: Let's not negotiate like a contract. I came over here with no subterfuge and presented my best offer.

Juan: What do you want in life besides a man with the right shorts?
Cristina: I don't know. I know I'm not going to settle till I find what I'm looking for.
Juan: Which is - what?
Cristina: Something - I want someone, something different, something more, some sort of counterintuitive love.
Juan: Meaning?
Cristina: Meaning - I don't know. I don't know what I want. I only know what I don't want.

Juan: We were both sure that... our relation was perfect, but there was something missing. You know? Like, love requires such a perfect balance. It's... like the human body. It may turn that you have all the vitamins and minerals, but if... there is minus a single, tiny ingredient... missing, like, like, like, like, ooh, like salt, for example... one dies.
Cristina: Salt?

[repeated line]
Juan: Speak English!

Maria: You're still searching for me in every woman.
Juan: That is not true, Maria Elena. I was in Oviedo some weeks ago with a woman who was the antithesis of you. An American, and something beautiful happened with her. So you're mistaken.
Maria: You'll always seek to duplicate what we had. You know it.

Juan: Why not? Life is short. Life is dull. Life is full of pain. And this is a chance for something special.

Juan: We are meant for each other and not meant for each other. It's a contradiction.