Rose DeWitt-Bucater – Character Quotes

— Paris for me... was more than living on the streets... and trying to put it on the paper, do you know what I mean?
— My dream has always been to just run away and become an artist... living in a garret, poor but free.
— You wouldn't last two days. There's no hot water and hardly ever any caviar.
— I happen to hate caviar. And I hate people telling me what dreams I should and shouldn't have. I'm sorry. You're right. Well, all right. Everybody expects me to be this delicate little flower, which I'm not. I'm sturdy. I'm strong as a horse. I'm here to do something, not just sit around and be decorative.

— You liked this woman. You used her several times.
— She had beautiful hands.
— I think you must have had a love affair with her...
— No, no! Just with her hands.

— Jack, must you go?
— Time for me to row with the other slaves.

— Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. Wearing this.
— All right.
— Wearing only this... The last thing I need... is another picture of me looking like a porcelain doll. As a paying customer... I expect to get what I want.

— Will these lifeboats be seated according to class? I hope they're not too crowded.
— Oh, mother, shut up! Don't you understand? The water is freezing and there aren't enough boats Not enough by half. Half the people on this ship are gonna die.

Mr. Andrews... I saw the iceberg and I see it in your eyes... please, tell me the truth.

Darling, now you can keep us both locked in your safe. Rose

— Rose... you're no picnic. All right? You're a spoiled little brat even. But under that, you're the most amazingly, astounding... wonderful girl, woman, that I've ever known. No, let me try and get this out. I'm not an idiot. I know how the world works. I've got ten bucks in my pocket. I have nothing to offer you and I know that. I understand. But I'm too involved now. You jump, I jump. Remember? I can't turn away without knowing you'll be all right. That's all that I want.
— Well, I'm fine. I'll be fine. Really.
— Really? I don't think so. They've got you trapped, Rose. And you're gonna die if you don't break free. Maybe not right away, because you're strong, but sooner or later that fire that I love about you, Rose... that fire is gonna burn out.
— It's not up to you to save me, Jack.
— You're right. Only you can do that.

The others were gracious and curious about the man who'd saved my life. But my mother looked at him like an insect.

— I know what you must be thinking. Poor little rich girl, what does she know about misery?
— No, no, that's not what I was thinking. What I was thinking was, what could've happened to this girl to make her think she had no way out?

Col. Archibald Gracie: — Perhaps a little something to the boy?
Cal Hockley: — Of course. Mr. Lovejoy, i think 20 dollars should do it.
Rose Dewitt Bukater: — Ir that the going rate for saving a woman you love?

— Stupid, really. I was leaning over and I slipped. I was leaning far over to see the... Propellers, and I slipped. And I would have gone overboard but Mr. Dawson here... saved me. And almost
went over himself. <...>
— You'll want to tie those. It's interesting... the young lady slipped so suddenly... and you still had time to remove your jacket and your shoes.

— And I'm telling you... water that cold, like right down there... it hits you like 1000 knives stabbing you all over your body. You can't breathe... You can't think. Least not about anything but the pain. Which is why I'm not looking forward to jumping in there after you. Like I said I don't have a choice I guess I'm kind of hoping you'll come back over the rail and... and get me off the hook here.
— You're crazy.
— That's what everybody says but... with all due respect, miss... I'm not the one hanging off the back of a ship here.

— What's the artist's name?
— Something Picasso.
— Something Picasso... He won't amount to a thing. He won't, trust me.

It was the ship of dreams to everyone else. To me, it was a slave ship, taking me back to America in chains. Outwardly, I was everything a well brought up girl should be. Inside, I was screaming.