Gretchen Ross

Gretchen: My mom had to get a restraining order against my stepdad. He has emotional problems.

Donnie: Oh, I have those too! What kind of emotional problems does your dad have?

Gretchen: He stabbed my mom four times in the chest.

Donnie: Oh.

Gretchen: You're weird.

Donnie: Sorry.

Gretchen: No, that was a compliment.

Gretchen: Donnie Darko? What the hell kind of name is that? It's like some sort of superhero or something

Donnie: What makes you think I'm not?

What if you could go back in time, and take all those hours of pain and darkness and replace them with something better?

Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.

Donnie: Well I-I, sorry I...

Gretchen: Donnie wait...

Donnie: I like you a lot...

Gretchen: I just want it to be... at a time when... it...

Donnie: When what?

Gretchen: When it reminds me just...

Donnie: When it reminds you of how beautiful the world can be?

Gretchen: Yeah... and right now there's some fat guy over there staring at us.

Gretchen: Hey. What's going on?

David: Horrible accident. My neighbour... got killed.

Gretchen: What happened?

David: Got smooshed by a jet engine.

Gretchen: What was his name?

David: Donnie. Donnie Darko.

Gretchen: Hmm.

David: I feel bad for his family.

Gretchen: Yeah.

David: Did you know him?

Gretchen: No.

Donnie Darko (2001) by Richard Kelly