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Holly Golightly, in Breakfast at Tiffany's, is one of my all-time favorite characters. Her innocent seductiveness and tragic confidence amaze me. Some of the best lines are spoken from this "happy to be misunderstood" party girl's mouth:


"Oh, golly gee damn!"


"I'll tell you one thing, Fred, darling... I'd marry you for your money in a minute. Would you marry me for my money?.....I guess it's pretty lucky neither of us is rich, huh?"


"Did I tell you how divinely and utterly happy I am?"

"I'm always top banana in the shock department!"

"I'll never get used to anything. Anybody that does, they might as well be dead."

"Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot."

"If I had her money, I'd be richer than she is."