"Quotes"

Brittany 2021-12-30 17:17:19

"The move'll help. You'll see."


"We face up to the things we're afraid of because we can't go around them."


"I don't believe in dwelling in the past.

No? Then what are we doing here?

Making a future."


"You all know... we are only passing by. We walk over these stones a few times. Our boats sail for a little while on the waves and then they have to sink."


"There are still so many things I don't know. If a piece of knotted string can unleash the wind, and if a drowned man can awaken, then I believe a broken man can heal.
Headline: Deadly Storm Takes House . Leaves Excellent View.」

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The Shipping News quotes

  • [first lines]

    Quoyle: [father teaching him literally to sink or swim]

    [voice-over]

    Quoyle: I used to imagine that I'd been given to the wrong family at birth, and that somewhere in the world my real people longed for me. From where my father stood, my failure to dog-paddle was only the first of many failures. Failure to speak clearly, failure to sit up straight, failure to make friends every time we moved to another dreary upstate town. In me, my father recognized a failed life. His own.

  • Petal Bear: Look, it's no good. Find yourself a girlfriend.

    Quoyle: I don't want a girlfriend, I want you.

    Petal Bear: [shrugs] Your funeral.