De-Lovely (2004)

Harry Ditson: Dr. Moorhead

Quotes 

• Dr. Moorhead : [about Cole]  I'm afraid his right leg should be amputated. Perhaps the left as well. There's really no alternative.

  Linda Porter : If you amputate his legs, you will cut off his pride. You'll break his spirit. He'd never work again. He'll have nothing without his music. It's the essence of him. He'd have nothing to live for.

  Dr. Moorhead : He would have his life, his friends, you.

  Linda Porter : Nothing. He would just be living out his death.

  Dr. Moorhead : You're asking a lot of him.

  Linda Porter : We are accustomed to asking a lot of one another.

• Cole Porter : [seeing the x ray]  So this promises what? Surgery number 25?

  Dr. Moorhead : 26.

  Cole Porter : Oh, good God. And how long do I have to wear the cast this time?

  Dr. Moorhead : A few months. We'll see how you mend.

  [shows another x-ray] 

  Cole Porter : What's that?

  Dr. Moorhead : It's Linda.

  Cole Porter : It's gotten that bad then?

  Dr. Moorhead : Even if she did great, I don't think surgery would help. The lungs are too damaged.

  [takes cigarette from Cole] 

  Cole Porter : Dr. Moorhead, are you saying that Linda's dying?