Chungking Express

Cop 223:
We're all unlucky in love sometimes. When I am, I go jogging. The body loses water when you jog, so you have none left for tears.

Cop 223:
We split up on April Fool's Day. So I decided to let the joke run for a month. Every day I buy a can of pineapple with a sell-by date of May 1. May loves pineapple, and May 1 is my birthday. If May hasn't changed her mind by the time I've bought thirty cans, then our love will also expire.

Cop 223:
Somehow everything comes with an expiry date. Swordfish expires. Meat sauce expires. Even cling-film expires. Is there anything in the world which doesn't?

Cop 223:
If memories could be canned, would they also have expiry dates? If so, I hope they last for centuries.

Cop 223:
In May's eyes, I'm no different from a can of pineapple.

Cop 223:
At the high point of our intimacy, we were just 0.01cm from each other. I knew nothing about her. Six hours later, she fell in love with another man.

Cop 223:
[calling potential dates] Lulu? This is Qiwu. Want to come out for a drink? You're in bed already? This early? You were asleep? Never mind. Bye. Chieko-san? Guess who? This is Qiwu. That's right. Want to come out for a drink? Your husband? When did you get married? Five years! Has it been that long? You have two kids! You're happy, that's great! Okay, never mind. Is Kong Siu-wai there? This is He Qiwu. We were classmates in grade four. You don't remember? Nothing, goodbye.

Cop 223:
Do you... like pineapple?

Cop 663:
Since she left, everything in the flat is sad. Everything needed lulling to sleep. [to soap bar] You've lost a lot of weight, you know. You used to be so chubby. Have more confidence in yourself. [to washcloth] You have to stop crying, you know. Where's your strength and absorbency? You're so shabby these days.

Cop 663:
I thought we'd stay together for the long haul, flying like a jumbo jet on a full tank. But we changed course.

Cop 663:
[after he finds out his apartment was flooded] Did I leave the tap running, or is the apartment getting more tearful? I always thought it would cope okay. Didn't expect it to cry so much. When people cry, they can dry their eyes with tissues. But when an apartment cries, it takes a lot to mop it up.

Cop 663:
[to new soap's bar] You mustn't let yourself go. You've gained weight so fast. She may have gone but life goes on. You must stop indulging yourself. [to new towel] You're a real disappointment to me. You've changed so much. You can't just switch personality like this. Her walking out is no excuse. [as it drips] It was such a relief when I saw it crying. It may look different, but it's still true to itself. It's still an emotionally charged towel.

Cop 663:
[after his date failed to meet him in "California" restaurant] Actually she did go to California that evening. But it was the other one.

Cop 663:
[to Faye about previous restaurant's owner] He has great business sense. First he sold me fish and chips, then the whole thing.

Woman in blonde wig:
Somehow I've become very cautious. When I put on a raincoat, I put on sunglasses too. Who knows when it will rain, or when it will turn out sunny?

Woman in blonde wig:
Actually, really knowing someone doesn't mean anything. People change. A person may like pineapple today and something else tomorrow.

Stewardess:
[in a letter to Cop 663] Change of flight. Your plane is cancelled. Here's your key. Bye.

If my memory of her has an expiration date, let it be 10,000 years..

Cop 223:
Any canned pineapple that expires on May 1?

Cashier:
You know what day it is today?

Cop 223:
April 30?

Cashier:
Right. You think we sell outdated stock?

Cop 223:
There's still two hours to go.

Cashier:
Nobody would buy it. Get a fresh one.

Cop 223:
People like you are hung up on freshness. You realize what goes into a can of pineapple? The fruit must be grown, harvested, sliced, and you just throw it away! How do you think the can feels about that?

Cashier:
Buddy, I only work here. Who cares about how the cans feel? What about how I feel? Loading, more loading, unloading... How I wish cans wouldn't expire! It'd save me loads of work. You like expired cans? Help yourself! As many as you like! On the house!

Cop 663:
You like noisy music?

Faye:
Yes. The louder the better. Stops me from thinking.

Cop 663:
You don't like to think? What do you like?

Faye:
Never thought about it.

Faye:
I'm not daydreaming.

Manager of "Midnight Express":
Right. You're not daydreaming. You're sleepwalking.

Cop 663:
What are you doing in my apartment?

Faye:
You asked me to visit.

Manager of "Midnight Express":
I told you 633 is a ladies man.

His co-worker:
It's 663!

Manager of "Midnight Express":
Oh, whatever it is.

Cop 663:
Would you let a person on board with a boarding pass like this? It's dated today, but it got blurred in the rain. I don't know where it's taking me. Do you?

Faye:
No idea, but I'll give you another.

Cop 663:
Great.

Faye:
Where do you want to go?

Cop 663:
Wherever you want to take me.