25 Of The Most Quotable Moments From Absolutely Fabulous

'I know what you're feeling, darling, but really, I don't even care...'

Absolutely Fabulous Quotes

by Katie Rosseinsky |
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With more time on our hands than ever, there has literally never been a better chance to up the nostalgia and watch all your old favourite shows. Enter: Absolutely Fabulous, with all five series plus two specials available to stream on Netflix and BBC iPlayer (iPlayer has the movie, too).

To get you ready to catch up with the Ab-Fab girls, we present the 25 best quotes from Absolutely Fabulous. It's time to crack open the Bolly and read up on the gospel according to everyone's favourite champagne-swigging, Lacroix-wearing fashionistas, Patsy Stone and Edina Monsoon...

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Patsy: 'What will you drink if you stop drinking?'Eddie: 'I shall drink water... It's a mixer, Patsy, we have it with whiskey'

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Eddie: 'I'm sorry if that sounds selfish, but it's me, me, me!'

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Eddie: 'I don't want more choice, I just want nicer things!'

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Patsy: 'The last mosquito that bit me had to check into the Betty Ford clinic'

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Eddie: 'You've given up drinking before...'Patsy: 'Worst eight hours of my life'

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Saffy: 'I don't think they let people with drug convictions in'Eddie: 'Darling, it's not a conviction'Patsy: 'Just a firm belief!'

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Eddie: 'Sweetie, what are you drinking?'Patsy: 'Oh this? Chanel No. 5'

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Patsy: 'I know what you're feeling, darling, but really, I don't even care'

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Saffy: 'You've been getting dressed for three hours and you still look like a bloated citrus fruit'

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Patsy: 'She's emaciated. Like her brain!'

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Patsy: 'Are you mad? I've got nothing to wear on public transport!'

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Eddie: 'In this body there is a thin person dying to get out'Gran: 'Just the one, dear?'

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Patsy: 'It's so long since I actually remember going to sleep instead of passing out'

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Saffy: 'So what does a fashion director actually do?'Eddie: 'Oh darling, she gets a 50% discount at Harvey Nichols'

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Patsy: 'Whatever I choose is cool because I am cool'

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Eddie: 'Cancel my aromatherapy, my psychotherapy, my reflexology, my osteopath, my homoeopath, my naturopath, my crystal reading, my shiatsu, my organic hairdresser. And see if I can be re-birthed next Thursday afternoon.'

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Saffie: 'Where's Patsy?'Eddie: 'She went into the shop with all the dried-up things'Saffie: 'Well, she should feel at home, then'

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Eddie: 'God, it's like living with a chronically depressed budgerigar, living with you!'

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Patsy: 'I told her the only thing she looked good in was a body bag'

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Saffy: 'I'm sorry Mum, but I've never seen what it is that you actually do'Eddie: 'PR! I PR things. People. Places. Concepts.'Patsy: 'Lulu!'

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Eddie: 'If you're a bloody psychic psychologist how come I'm always having to phone you?'

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Patsy: 'I decide what goes in the magazine. Y'know, one snap of my fingers and I can raise hemlines so high that the world is your gynaecologist!'

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Eddie: 'Why does everything you wear look like it's bearing a grudge, darling?'

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Patsy: 'Oh, you little b*tch troll from hell!'

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Edina: 'Would you like a bit of Bolly, sweetie?'Patsy: 'Just a smidge...'

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To All The Boys I've Loved Before

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Trainwreck

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Best Netflix Chick Flicks9 of 23

The Notebook

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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

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A Cinderella Story

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Dumplin'

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New York Minute

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Chasing Liberty

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Burlesque

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Sisters

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13 Going on 30

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Cluless

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Sex and the City 2

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The Edge of Seventeen

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Isn't It Romantic?

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Booksmart

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Plus One

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