Twin Peaks
Movie Quote Quiz

Giant: The owls are not what they seem.

Bobby Briggs: I got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that your father has bought a condo in Flip City, and the good news is that he is about to win the Civil War.

The Log Lady: My log saw something that night.

Big Ed Hurley: It's not the first time, it won't be the last, but I'm in that doghouse again.

Major Briggs: Achievement is its own reward, pride obscures it.

DEA Agent Denise: I understand we're both staying at the Great Northern. How's the food up there?
Dale Cooper: Denise, you're in for a big surprise.
Sheriff Truman: So are they.

Leland Palmer: Through the darkness of future past / The magician longs to see / One chants out between two worlds / Fire walk with me. I'll catch you with my death bag. You may think I've gone insane, but I promise I will kill again.

Donna Hayward: The police didn't love Laura, nobody loved Laura but us.

Dale Cooper: Ask me why I'm whittling.
Sheriff Truman: I give up. Why are you whittling?
Dale Cooper: Because that's what you do in a town where a yellow light still means slow down, not go faster.

Man from Another Place: When you see me again, it won't be me.

Dale Cooper: Fellas, coincidence and fate figure largely in our lives.

Sheriff Truman: Jelly donuts?
Dale Cooper: Harry, that goes without saying.

Hank Jennings: You're his whore, Norma.
Norma Jennings: I'd rather be his whore than your wife.

James Hurley: When did you start smoking?
Donna Hayward: I smoke every once and a while. Helps relieve tension.
James Hurley: When did you get so tense?
Donna Hayward: When I started smoking.

Dale Cooper: Harry, is that bag smiling?

Dale Cooper: Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it. Don't wait for it. Just let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot black coffee.

Catherine Packard Martell: Didn't he want to talk to me?
Pete Martell: Yeah, but we told him you were on your world tour, he should contact your press agent.

The Log Lady: One day my log will have something to say about this.

Man from Another Place: Where we're from, the birds sing a pretty song... and there's always music in the air.

Jerry Horne: Sheriff, your 24 hours are up. I demand you to arrest my client or release him.
Sheriff Truman: Ben Horne, you are under arrest for the murder of Laura Palmer.
Ben Horne: Great move, Jer.

Episode Nine - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: The necklace James took from the coconut in Dr. Jacobi's office in the previous episode had a gold chain. When he gives it to Agent Cooper in this episode, it's on leather.

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Trivia: Laura Palmer's murder was supposed to remain unsolved, but ABC demanded that the murderer be revealed. Many people believed that that moment was when the series jumped the shark.

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Answer: The answer to pretty much any question beginning with "Has David Lynch ever explained _______?" is: no.

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