Norma Desmond

"The world doesn't give second acts."

"I still have my face. It hasn't changed."

"They used to come to me for wisdom."

"A woman's never through being a woman."

"The fans never forget. They would never abandon me."

"I spend my mornings remembering when I was needed."

"Success doesn't last forever. But my name will."

"I've loved and lost everything. What else is there?"

"These walls have witnessed greatness."

"New pictures? I don't need new pictures. I am the picture."

"Betrayal comes from those closest to you."

"I understood the value of silence."

"What good is a star if no one is watching?"

"The past never really leaves you."

"I've been sleeping for years, waiting to wake."

"They promised me forever. They lied."

"A true artist never truly dies."

"I am my own creation, perfected."

"Love is a dangerous luxury."

"I've learned that nothing lasts in this business."

"The camera was my confidant."

"Youth is wasted on those who have it."

"I've paid the price for beauty."

"Success demands a sacrifice of the soul."

"Once you've been a star, darkness is unbearable."

"My life was never my own. It belonged to the screen."

"I've forgotten how to be ordinary."

"These jewels are the only honest things in my life."

"I am not a ghost. I am presence itself."

"The footlights have dimmed, but I remain luminous."