13 Wholesome And Hilarious 'Marcel The Shell' Quotes, Ranked

Marcel: My name is Marcel. I am partly a shell, visible on my body. I also have shoes and a face. I like that about myself. I like myself. I possess many other great qualities.

Marcel: This is my bread room. It is a bedroom; I sleep on a piece of bread.

Marcel:Guess why I smile a lot.

Dean: Why?

Marcel: Because it is worth it.

Marcel: Sometimes resting alone works best. You can still hear the party noise. You feel safe knowing many people are nearby, so you can rest.

Marcel: Everyone is here. We look at the same thing. We do the same thing. It is beautiful. It feels like something. It is really lovely.

Marcel: People sometimes say my head is too big for my body. Then I ask, “Compared to what?”

Lesley Stahl: Marcel, how long has it been since you saw your family?

Marcel: [sadly] I cannot tell you, but a space in my heart grows bigger and louder every day.

Lesley Stahl: [nods; turns to Dean] Dean, do you know how long?

Dean: It is two years.

Lesley Stahl: Two years?

Dean:Yeah.

Marcel: [perks up] Oh, that is nice to know!

Marcel:Sometimes my mind wanders. I think, ‘What will my family think?’ Could they be out there?

Connie:Marcello, forget being afraid. Just take the adventure.

Marcel: Okay, then. Let's do it.

Dean:Do you feel angry?

Marcel: Uh, I just feel angry that we did not have a better goodbye.

Dean:Who do you say goodbye to?

Marcel: I want to say goodbye to my neighbors, the Costas. Goodbye, the Costas, even with the language barrier. You were my neighbors. You always liked to garden. Goodbye, Richard, you were the worst singer in our class, but I liked how you let me cut you in line. Goodbye, Anka, your timing is terrible. Bye, Sandra, you were my favorite author. Goodbye, Mrs. Kim. The time you ate a pepper flake and it made you fly into the wall was one of the funniest and most serious accidents we witnessed, and you handled it with great grace and bravery. Goodbye, Brad. Thank you for rolling that marble into my bread room. I still keep it today.

Dean: Where did you get the rope?

Marcel: This? I will show you. I go to the bathroom and get these curly hairs. They are the strongest because you must uncurl them, but then you see they are long and strong. Hey, what are you laughing at? We call them hardy hairs.

Marcel: She has always been a tough cookie. Everything she does has a job. No button is there just for looks. You get what I mean? She acts like a backhoe. But I will say, you can see her soft side when she works with the bugs.

Marcel: [to Dean] Look, you have many smoocheroonies in your future. I can see it now.

Marcel:You need at least 20 shells for a community. My cousin slept in a pocket. This fact makes me dislike the saying, ‘everything comes out in the wash,’ because sometimes it does not. Other times, it does, but they become completely different people.