Directed by Michael Lehmann, the 1988 movie 'Heathers' is about a beautiful teen who teams up with a sociopath to save herself from a snobbish clique comprising of three teens named Heather. Go through some of the most memorable quotes and sayings from Heather (1988), starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater.
Quotes from Veronica Sawyer
A true friend's work is never done.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
If you were happy every day of your life you wouldn't be a human being. You'd be a game-show host.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Dear Diary, my teen-angst bullshit now has a body count.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Suicide gave Heather depth, Kurt a soul, and Ram a brain. I don't know what it's given me, but I have no control over myself when I'm with J.D. Are we going to prom or to hell?
~ Veronica Sawyer.
A true friend's work is never done.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
If you were happy every day of your life you wouldn't be a human being. You'd be a game-show host.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Dear Diary, my teen-angst bullshit now has a body count.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Suicide gave Heather depth, Kurt a soul, and Ram a brain. I don't know what it's given me, but I have no control over myself when I'm with J.D. Are we going to prom or to hell?
~ Veronica Sawyer.
All we want is to be treated like human beings, not to be experimented on like guinea pigs or patronized like bunny rabbits.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
You inherit 5 million dollars the same day aliens land on the earth and say they're going to blow it up in 2 days. What do you do?
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Dear Diary: Heather told me she teaches people "real life." She said, real life sucks losers dry. You want to fuck with the eagles, you have to learn to fly. I said, so, you teach people how to spread their wings and fly? She said, yes. I said, you're beautiful.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
You know, I have a little prepared speech I tell my suitor when he wants more than I'd like to give him.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
You're throwing your life away to become a statistic on U. S. fucking A. Today; that's about the least private thing I can think of.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
I'm on my way to a party at Remington University... No, my life's not perfect. I don't really like my friends.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
This isn't just a spoke in my menstrual cycle.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Heather, why can't you just be a friend? Why do you have to be such a mega-bitch?
~ Veronica Sawyer.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
You inherit 5 million dollars the same day aliens land on the earth and say they're going to blow it up in 2 days. What do you do?
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Dear Diary: Heather told me she teaches people "real life." She said, real life sucks losers dry. You want to fuck with the eagles, you have to learn to fly. I said, so, you teach people how to spread their wings and fly? She said, yes. I said, you're beautiful.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
You know, I have a little prepared speech I tell my suitor when he wants more than I'd like to give him.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
You're throwing your life away to become a statistic on U. S. fucking A. Today; that's about the least private thing I can think of.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
I'm on my way to a party at Remington University... No, my life's not perfect. I don't really like my friends.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
This isn't just a spoke in my menstrual cycle.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Heather, why can't you just be a friend? Why do you have to be such a mega-bitch?
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Excuse me, I think I know Heather a little bit better than you do. If she were going to slit her wrists, the knife would be spotless.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
She's my best friend. God, I hate her.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Tomorrow, I'll be kissing her aerobicized ass, but tonight, let me dream of a world without Heather, a world where I am free.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
It's one thing to want someone out of your life, but it's another thing to serve them a wake-up cup full of liquid drainer.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Betty Finn was a true friend, and I traded her out for a bunch of swatch-dogs and diet-cokeheads.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
She's my best friend. God, I hate her.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Tomorrow, I'll be kissing her aerobicized ass, but tonight, let me dream of a world without Heather, a world where I am free.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
It's one thing to want someone out of your life, but it's another thing to serve them a wake-up cup full of liquid drainer.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Betty Finn was a true friend, and I traded her out for a bunch of swatch-dogs and diet-cokeheads.
~ Veronica Sawyer.
Quotes from Heather Chandler
Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw. Do I look like Mother Teresa?
~ Heather Chandler.
They all want me as a friend or a fuck. I'm worshiped at Westerburg and I'm only a junior.
~ Heather Chandler.
Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast? First you ask if you can be red, knowing that I'm always red.
~ Heather Chandler.
Grow up Heather, bulimia's so '87.
~ Heather Chandler.
Quotes from Heather Duke
I prayed for the death of Heather Chandler many times and I felt bad everytime I did it but I kept doing it anyway. Now I know you understood everything. Praise Jesus, Hallelujah.
~ Heather Duke.
Some people need different kinds of convincing than others.
~ Heather Duke.
No... that's the punchline. She's alive, and in stable condition. Just another case of a geek trying to imitate the popular people and failing miserably.
~ Heather Duke.
Quotes from Heather McNamara
Suicide is a private thing.
~ Heather McNamara.
God, they're not gonna expel him. they'll just suspend him for a week or something.
~ Heather McNamara.
Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw. Do I look like Mother Teresa?
~ Heather Chandler.
They all want me as a friend or a fuck. I'm worshiped at Westerburg and I'm only a junior.
~ Heather Chandler.
Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast? First you ask if you can be red, knowing that I'm always red.
~ Heather Chandler.
Grow up Heather, bulimia's so '87.
~ Heather Chandler.
Quotes from Heather Duke
I prayed for the death of Heather Chandler many times and I felt bad everytime I did it but I kept doing it anyway. Now I know you understood everything. Praise Jesus, Hallelujah.
~ Heather Duke.
Some people need different kinds of convincing than others.
~ Heather Duke.
No... that's the punchline. She's alive, and in stable condition. Just another case of a geek trying to imitate the popular people and failing miserably.
~ Heather Duke.
Quotes from Heather McNamara
Suicide is a private thing.
~ Heather McNamara.
God, they're not gonna expel him. they'll just suspend him for a week or something.
~ Heather McNamara.
Quotes from other characters
When teenagers complain that they want to be treated like human beings, it's usually because
they are being treated like human beings.
~ Veronica's Mom.
My son's a homosexual, and I love him. I love my dead gay son.
~ Kurt's Dad.
Whether to kill yourself or not is one of the most important decisions a teenager can make.
~ Pauline Fleming.
Take a look. We'll have a two page layout with her suicide note here in the right hand corner. It's more tasteful than it sounds.
~ Dennis.
We must pray the other teenagers of Sherwood, Ohio, know the name of that righteous dude who can solve their problems: it's Jesus Christ, and he's in the Book.
~ Father Ripper.
Dear Lord, please make sure this never happens to me because I don't think I could handle suicide. Fast, early acceptance into an Ivy League school and please let it be Harvard. Amen.
~ Peter.
When I get that feeling, I need sexual healing.
~ Kurt Kelly.
When teenagers complain that they want to be treated like human beings, it's usually because
they are being treated like human beings.
~ Veronica's Mom.
My son's a homosexual, and I love him. I love my dead gay son.
~ Kurt's Dad.
Whether to kill yourself or not is one of the most important decisions a teenager can make.
~ Pauline Fleming.
Take a look. We'll have a two page layout with her suicide note here in the right hand corner. It's more tasteful than it sounds.
~ Dennis.
We must pray the other teenagers of Sherwood, Ohio, know the name of that righteous dude who can solve their problems: it's Jesus Christ, and he's in the Book.
~ Father Ripper.
Dear Lord, please make sure this never happens to me because I don't think I could handle suicide. Fast, early acceptance into an Ivy League school and please let it be Harvard. Amen.
~ Peter.
When I get that feeling, I need sexual healing.
~ Kurt Kelly.
Quotes from J.D
People will look at the ashes of Westerburg and say, "Now there's a school that self-destructed, not because society didn't care, but because the school was society." Now that's deep.
~ J.D.
Chaos is what killed the dinosaurs, darling
~ J.D.
The extreme always seems to make an impression.
~ J.D.
The only place different social types can genuinely get along with each other is in heaven.
~ J.D.
Football season is over, Veronica. Kurt and Ram had nothing left to offer the school except date rapes and AIDS jokes.
~ J.D.
I like it. It's got that what-a-cruel-world-let's-toss-ourselves-in-the-abyss type ambience.
~ J.D.
I can't believe you did it. I was teasing. I loved you. Course, I was coming up here to kill ya...
~ J.D.
Your society nods its head at any horror the American teenager can think to bring upon itself.
~ J.D.
Let's pretend I blew up the school... all the schools. Now that you're dead, what are you gonna do with your life?
~ J.D.
Seven schools in seven states and the only thing different is my locker combination.
~ J.D.
People will look at the ashes of Westerburg and say, "Now there's a school that self-destructed, not because society didn't care, but because the school was society." Now that's deep.
~ J.D.
Chaos is what killed the dinosaurs, darling
~ J.D.
The extreme always seems to make an impression.
~ J.D.
The only place different social types can genuinely get along with each other is in heaven.
~ J.D.
Football season is over, Veronica. Kurt and Ram had nothing left to offer the school except date rapes and AIDS jokes.
~ J.D.
I like it. It's got that what-a-cruel-world-let's-toss-ourselves-in-the-abyss type ambience.
~ J.D.
I can't believe you did it. I was teasing. I loved you. Course, I was coming up here to kill ya...
~ J.D.
Your society nods its head at any horror the American teenager can think to bring upon itself.
~ J.D.
Let's pretend I blew up the school... all the schools. Now that you're dead, what are you gonna do with your life?
~ J.D.
Seven schools in seven states and the only thing different is my locker combination.
~ J.D.