Doc: [frustrated] Why do you kill?
Tony: [picks up the scattered money] I told you how it happened, Maria understands, I thought you did too.

- Richard Beymer (as Tony) in West Side Story (1961)

Doc: Why do you kids live like there's a war on?

- Ned Glass (as Doc) in West Side Story (1961)

Maria: [after discovering that Bernardo is killed] Make it not true, please make it not true!

- Natalie Wood (as Maria) in West Side Story (1961)

Maria: [singing] I feel pretty, oh so pretty! I feel pretty, and witty, and gay!

- Natalie Wood (as Maria) in West Side Story (1961)

Maria: All of you! You all killed him! And my brother, and Riff. Not with bullets, or guns, with hate. Well now I can kill, too, because now I have hate!

- Natalie Wood (as Maria) in West Side Story (1961)

Maria: If Chino hurts him, if he touches him, I swear to you I'll...
Anita: You'll do what Tony did to Bernardo?
Maria: I love Tony.
Anita: I know. I loved Benardo.

- Rita Moreno (as Anita) in West Side Story (1961)

Maria: My brother is a silly watchdog!
Bernardo: Ah, my sister is a precious jewel!
Anita: What am I, cut glass?

- Rita Moreno (as Anita) in West Side Story (1961)

Tony: I- I didn't believe hard enough.
Maria: Loving is enough.
Tony: Not here. They won't let us be.
Maria: Then we'll run away.
Tony: Yeah, we can.
Maria: Yes.
Tony: We will...
Maria: [singing] Hold my hand and we are halfway there, hold my hand and I'll take you there. Somehow! Someday! Some...

- Natalie Wood (as Maria) in West Side Story (1961)

Tony: Well end your suffering little man. Why don't you pack up your gear and clear out of here?

- Richard Beymer (as Tony) in West Side Story (1961)

Tony: You heard - it's gonna be a fair fight!
Doc: And that's going to cure something?
Tony: From here on in, everythin's gonna be all right! I got a feelin'!
Doc: What have you been taking tonight?
Tony: A trip to the moon! And I'll tell ya a secret. It ain't a man that's up there, Doc. It's a girl, lady. Buenas noches, Senor.
Doc: Buenas noches? So that's why you made it a fair fight...
Tony: I'm gonna see her tomorrow an' I can't wait!
Doc: Tony... things aren't tough enough?
Tony: Tough? Doc, I'm in love!
Doc: And you're not frightened?
Tony: Should I be?
Doc: [after a pause] No. I'm frightened enough for the both of us.

- Ned Glass (as Doc) in West Side Story (1961)