OneLiner — August 26, 2026
Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring The Secret of NIMH (1982), West Side Story (1961), Gone Girl (2014).
Courage of the heart is very rare. The stone has a power when it's there.
Answer: The Secret of NIMH ()
The Great Owl to Mrs. Brisby. Don Bluth's 1982 debut after leaving Disney. Adapted from Robert C. O'Brien. Considered a turning point in ambitious American animation, aimed at older kids.
There's a place for us.
Answer: West Side Story ()
The Sondheim/Bernstein 'Somewhere' lyric. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins co-directed the 1961 film. Won ten Oscars including Best Picture — still the record for a musical. Rita Moreno's first Oscar.
I forged the diary. I moved down my birth-control pills.
Answer: Gone Girl ()
Rosamund Pike's Amy Dunne in the mid-film monologue that flips everything. David Fincher's 2014 adaptation of Gillian Flynn's novel. Pike was Oscar-nominated for Best Actress.