Double Indemnity Quotes

“I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

“I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

“A woman is a funny animal.”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

“I knew then what I had done. I had killed a man. I had killed a man to get a woman. I had put myself in her power, so there was one person in the world that could point a a finger at me, and I would have to die. I had done all that for her, and I never want to see her again as long as I lived.

That’s all it takes, one drop of fear, to curdle love into hate.”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

“There's a shark. Following the ship.'

I tried not to look, but couldn't help it. I saw a flash of dirty white down in the green. We walked back to the deck chairs.

Walter, we'll have to wait. Till the moon comes up.'

I guess we better have a moon.'

I want to see that fin. That black fin. Cutting the water in the moonlight.”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

“That's all it takes, one drop of fear, to curdle love into hate.”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

“Under those blue pajamas was a shape to set a man nuts . . . .”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

“They've committed a *murder*! And it's not like taking a trolley ride together where they can get off at different stops. They're stuck with each other and they got to ride all the way to the end of the line and it's a one-way trip and the last stop is the cemetery.”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

“I mobili erano spagnoli, del genere bellini a vedersi e scomodi a sedersi.”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

“I looked into the fire a while then. I ought to quit, while the quitting was good, I knew that. But that thing was in me, pushing me still closer to the edge.”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

“...Walter, the time has come."
"What do you mean, Phyllis?"
"For me to meet my bridegroom. The only one I ever loved. One night I'll drop off the stern of the ship. Then, little by little I'll feel his icy fingers creeping into my heart.
"...I'll give you away."
"What?"
"I mean: I'll go with you.”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

“Now? I follow practice. I wait her out. I deny liability, on the ground that accident is not proved, and I make her sue. When she sues, then we’ll see what we see.”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

“That’s all it takes, one drop of fear, to curdle love into hate.”
― James M. Cain, Double Indemnity