How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Requiem for a Dream.
Quote #1
TY: S***, man. This is some boss scag, baby. I mean, dynamite.
HARRY: Oh, man, it's something else.
TY: You know what we need to do? We need to get us a piece of this Brody s***, cut it up, and off it!
HARRY: We could double our money easy.
TY: Then we could buy us a couple of pieces and we got some whole other s*** goin' on. That'd be righteous.
HARRY: I'll bet in no time at all we could get a pound of pure straight from Sal the Geep.
TY: That's what I'm talking about, baby. No hassles.
"No hassles." Hahahaha. Yeah right, Ty. "Hassles" is an understatement about what happens in this film's third act. If only its characters could solve this equation—Drugs + Desperation = Deep doo-doo—they wouldn't have the "hassles."
Quote #2
HARRY: Wait, Ty. Look. This is our chance to make it big. We play it right, and we can get a pound of pure. But if we get wasted, we'll f*** it up.
Harry shows a surprising bit of restraint here, willing to not use in order to save the product for money. That's good business sense. But like anyone with an open tub of Ben and Jerry's in front of them, Harry ends up dipping in, and eventually cannot control his appetite.
Quote #3
SARA: Purple in the morning. Blue in the afternoon. Orange in the evening. There's my three meals, Mr. Smarty-Pants. And green at night. Just like. One, two, three, four.
People who are addicts think that what they're addicted to is a shortcut to happiness. Instead of eating healthy and exercising, Sara tries a crash diet, and, failing that, tries diet pills. They're colored like candy, but eating Smarties as a diet would be a smarter choice than relying on these pills.