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THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2 MOVIE QUOTES

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The Princess Diaries is a staple movie of the early-2000s era. Princess Mia, Queen Clarisse, and Joe have lines that are still quoted today… about 20 years later. Read The Princess Diaries 2 Movie quotes now.

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QUOTES:

GRADUATION SPEAKER

” ALTHOUGH YOUR DIPLOMAS ARE EQUALLY SPECIFIC, REMEMBER, YOU ARE ALL GOING OUT INTO THE WORLD AS INDIVIDUALS.”

MIA

” DEAR DIARY. WELL, IT’S ME. BRAND NEW COLLEGE GRADUATE SLASH PRINCESS. OH, I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE GRANDMA TOLD ME THAT I WAS A PRINCESS…

… AND RIGHT AFTER THAT, MY MOTHER SURPRISED ME BY MARRYING MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, PATRICK, O’CONNELL. IT MUST BE GOING WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW EXPECTING A BABY. 

LILY’S REMAINED THE SAME, AS SHE CONTINUES TO CAUSE TURMOIL, BUT NOW AS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT BERKELEY, WHICH SHE CALLS BERSERKLEY.

HOW’S MICHAEL, YOU MAY ASK? WELL, WE’RE JUST FRIENDS NOW, AS HE WENT OFF TO TOUR THE COUNTRY WITH HIS BAND.”

MIA

” THE ONE DOWNER IN MY FAIRYTALE IS, I’VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE. “

QUEEN CLARISSE

” A QUEEN IS NEVER LATE. EVERYONE ELSE IS SIMPLY EARLY.”

RANDOM ELIGIBALE BACHELOR

” YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL DANCER. LIKE A DEER… OR A CHIPMUNK IN THE FOREST.” 

PRINCE JAQUES

” IF THIS WERE MY PARTY, WE’D BE KISSING BY NOW. “

“MAY I BLOW IN YOUR EAR.”

PARLAMENT

” GENOVIAN LAW STATES THAT A PRINCESS MUST MARRY BEFORE SHE CAN TAKE THE THRONE.”

MIA

” WHAT KIND OF PERSON AGREES TO AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE?”

” I DREAM OF LOVE. NOT… FONDNESS.”

MIA QUOTING HER FATHER

” COURAGE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF FEAR. BUT RATHER THE JUDGEMENT THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FEAR.”

QUEEN CLARISSE

” MOST INTERNS DON’T EVEN WANT TO FETCH ME MY TEA.” 

QUEEN CLARISSE

” IF THERE’S ANY MISCHIEF GOING ON, I PREFER IT BE RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE.” 

QUEEN CLARISSE

” NEPOTISM BELONGS IN THE ARTS, NOT IN PLUMBING.” 

MIA

” YOU’RE HERE! YOU’RE HERE IN GENOVIA! YOU’RE IN MY CLOSET! YOUR BLOND!

NEWS REPORTER

” HERE WE ARE AT THE BREEZY SEASHORE VILLAGE OF MERTZ AND OUR TWO LOVERS HAVE THE PERFECT WEATHER FOR THEIR FIRST PUBLIC OUTING. ALONG WITH ANDREWS PARENTS, SUSAN AND ARNOLD. 

MUST BE RATHER HARD TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER THIS WAY.”

LILY

” THEY WERE SMITTEN WHILE PLAYING BADMINTON. WHERE’S MY KITTEN?” 

MIA

“ANDREW? CAN YOU TRY TO TALK WITHOUT MOVING YOUR LIPS? THE LIP-READERS HAVE BINOCULARS.”

viscount mabrey

” POWER, MY BOY, MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU’RE SORRY.”

NICHOLAS

” FINE, I DANCED WITH YOU. CALL THE HAGUE. CONVENE THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL.”

JOE

” IN LESS THAN A MONTH, YOU WILL NO LONGER BE QUEEN, AND I WILL NO LONGER BE HEAD OF YOUR SECURITY. I THINK ITS TIME WE BRING OUR FRIENDSHIP OUT OF THE SHADOWS.”

MIA

” DEAR DIARY, MY QUEEN LESSONS CONTINUE… SURPRISE, SURPRISE. TO FULFILL ONE GENOVIAN TRADITION, I MUST LEARN TO SHOOT A FLAMING ARROW THROUGH A CEREMONIAL RING, WHICH WILL HAPPEN ON THE EVE OF MY CORONATION.

IT’S SYMBOLIC FOR LIGHTING MY OWN ETERNAL FLAME.”

QUEEN CLARISSE

” NOW, FIRST OF ALL, ONE HANDLES A FAN VERY DELIBERATELY. IT’S A TREMENDOUS TOOL OF COMMUNICATION. YOU CAN SAY THINGS LIKE… 

‘I’M FEELING FLIRTATIOUS. COME HITHER.’

YOU CAN SAY, ‘ I NEVER WISH TO SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN. GO AWAY’

YOU CAN SAY, ‘ I’M FEELING TERRIBLY SHY TODAY.'”

QUEEN CLARISSE

“MIA, A PRINCESS NEVER CHASES A CHICKEN.”

MIA

” DEAR DIARY, TOMORROW MY STRESS LEVEL GOES TO 11 AS I REVIEW THE ROYAL GUARD. THE WHOLE COURT WILL BE WATCHING, PLUS THE TROOPS, AND I’LL BE WEARING A FLOOR-LENGTH DRESS. 

I ALSO HAVE TO BE LADYLIKE WHILE RIDING SIDESADDLE. HA!”

NICHOLAS

” YOU SHOULDN’T HIDE. IT ONLY MAKES THEM GOSSIP MORE.”

JOE

“VISCOUNT, YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF WHAT MY JOB ENTAILS AS THE ROYAL HEAD OF SECURITY. MY JOB IS TO PROTECT THE CROWN, TO MAKE SURE NO HARM COMES TO THE CROWN, TO STEP IN WHEN SOMEONE TOYS WITH THE CROWNS EMOTIONS, YOU SEE.

IF YOU HURT MY GIRL, YOU WILL ANSWER DIRECTLY TO ME. AND WHATEVER CRIMES I COMMIT AGAINST YOU, REMEMBER, I HAVE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY IN 46 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING PUERTO RICO.” 

NICHOLAS

” YOU TWO MAKE SUCH A LOVELY COUPLE. IT’S A SHAME YOU’RE NOT ATTRACTED TO HIM.”

QUEEN CLARISSE

” WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START ACTING RESPONSIBLY? HIDING IN A CLOSET WITH A MAN WHO IS NOT YOUR BETROTHED? COMING OUT OF A FOUNTAIN DRIPPING WET WITH THE SAME MAN WHO IS NOT YOUR BETROTHED?”

VISCOUNT MABREY

” KISSING CHILDREN. HUGGING ORPHANS. WHAT A VULGAR, LOW, DESPICABLE POLITICAL TRICK.”

MIA

” TO BE A PRINCESS, YOU’VE GOT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE A PRINCESS. YOU’VE GOTTA WALK THE WAY YOU THINK A PRINCESS WOULD WALK, SO THINK TALL. YOU GOTTA SMILE, AND WAVE… JUST HAVE FUN.” 

LILY

” MY HELLO IS INSIGNIFICANT.” 

BRIGITTE AND BRIGITTA

” I’VE BEEN WORKING AT THE PALACE, JUST TO PASS THE TIME AWAY.

CAN’T YOU HEAR THE BELLS A-RINGIN’?

RISE UP SO EARLY IN THE MORN?

CAN’T YOU HEAR THE MOUNTAINS SHOUTING?

MAIDS, GO DO YOUR CHORES”

QUEEN CLARISSE

“SOME GIRLS ARE FAIR – SOME ARE JOLLY AND FIT

SOME HAVE A WELL-READ AIR, OR A WELL-HONED WIT

EACH ONE’S A JEWEL, WITH A SINGULAR SHINE

A WORK OF ART, WITH ITS OWN RARE DESIGN

DEAR LITTLE GIRL, YOU ARE TERRIBLY BLESSED, BUT ITS YOUR HEAR TO OF GOLD I LOVE THE BEST

AND THAT WILL BE YOUR CROWING GLORY YOUR WHOLE LIFE THROUGH

ITLL ALWAYS BE YOUR CROWING GLORY, THE MOST GLORIOUS PART OF YOU…”

LILY

” SHOULD I SHOO HIM, OR SHOULD I SHOO HIM. JUST TELL ME WHO I SHOULD SHOO, AND I’LL SHOO.” 

JOE

” YOU WERE NEVER JUST MY QUEEN, CLARISSE. YOU WERE THE SOMEONE THAT I WANTED TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH.

 BUT IF YOU PREFER THAT I SEE YOU FIRST AND FOREMOST AS MY QUEEN, I SHALL OBLIGE.”

NICHOLAS

” RAPUNZEL, RAPUNZEL, WITH HAIR SO FINE. COME OUT YOUR WINDOW, CLIMB DOWN THE VINE.

MIA

” THE FEAT YOU ASK DEAR SIR ISNT EASY. AND I WON’T RESPOND TO THAT LINE, IT’S FAR TOO CHEESY.” 

MIA

” ITS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.” 

NICHOLAS

” I HAVEN’T DANCED WITH YOU SINCE YOUR BIRTHDAY.

… THE SECRET IS, IS THAT I STILL WANT TO.” 

ELSIE PENTWORTHY

“AFTER GENERATIONS OF BORING ROYALS WHO NEVER DO ANYTHING INTERESTING, GENOVIA FINALLY HAS A WORLD-CLASS SCANDAL, PROVING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IN AN AMERICAN LONG AGO…”

MIAS MOM

” BEING MARRIED IS ABOUT BEING YOURSELF, ONLY WITH SOMEONE ELSE”

PAOLO

” PAOLO IS BACK TO TURN A CATERPILLAR INTO A BUTTERFLY.”

MIA
&
PAOLO

” I LOOK LIKE A MOOSE.”

“YES, BUT A VERY CUTE MOOSE. MAKE ALL THE BOY MOOSE GO “WHAAAH.”

JOE

” THE HEART DOES THINGS FOR REASONS THAT REASON CANNOT UNDERSTAND.”

QUEEN CLARISSE

” I MADE MY CHOICE. DUTY TO MY COUNTRY, OVER LOVE. IT’S WHAT I’VE ALWAYS DONE, IT SEEMS. IT WAS DRUMMED INTO ME MY WHOLE LIFE. 

NOW, I’VE LOST THE ONLY MAN I EVER REALLY LOVED.”

QUEEN CLARISSE

” WHATEVER CHOICE YOU MAKE, LET IT COME FROM YOUR HEART.” 

ANDREW

” THANK YOU. UH… FOR… WELL… SAVING ME FROM DOING THE PROPER THING, FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE. NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS TELL MOMMY.”

MIA

” MY GRANDMOTHER HAS RULED WITHOUT A MAN AT HER SIDE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I THINK SHE ROCKS AT IT. 

SO AS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF QUEEN CLARISSE AND KING RUPERT, I ASK THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO… TO THINK ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTERS, YOUR NIECES, SISTERS, AND GRANDDAUGHTERS, AND ASK YOURSELVES ‘WOULD YOU FORCE THEM TO DO WHAT YOU’RE TRYING TO MAKE ME DO?” 

VISCOUNT MABREY

” EVERY TIME THIS CHARMING YOUNG LADY OPENS HER MOUTH, SHE DEMONSTRATES A CONTEMPT FOR THE CUSTOMS OF GENOVIA. 

THE LAW CLEARLY STATES AN UNMARRIED WOMAN CANNOT BE QUEEN.” 

MIA

” GRANDMA, JUST BECAUSE I DIDN’T GET MY FAIRYTALE ENDING, DOESN’T MEAN YOU SHOULDN’T.” 

ANDREW

” I AM IN LOVE WITH THE QUEEN-TO-BE, AND I AM INQUIRING IF SHE LOVES, TOO. “

CHARLOTTE

” THE EAGLE IS FLYING FOR THE LAST TIME.”

GUARD

” PRESENTING HER MAJESTY, AMELIA MIGNONETTE THERMOPOLIS RENALDI, QUEEN OF GENOVIA.” 

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