Memorable Quotes from Renate Reinsve
4 quotesFamily Connections and Misunderstandings
Gustav Borg
You two are the best thing that's ever happened to me.
Nora Borg
The best that's ever happened to you? Then why weren't you there?
Gustav Borg
Everyone's mad at dad, huh? You two turned out fine, didn't you?
[chuckles]
Nora Borg
How can you tell? You don't even know us.
Agnes Borg Pettersen
Stop exaggerating.
Nora Borg
Exaggerating?
Agnes Borg Pettersen
Yeah.
Gustav Borg
I know it's been hard for you. I recognize myself in you. But you're so goddamn angry. It's hard to love someone who's so full of rage. Right? You don't want to be alone forever.
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Discovery of a New Place
Clark
I found something..
Mary
What'd you find?
Clark
I found a place...I found a place.
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Contrasting Outcomes of Childhood Experiences
Nora Borg
How did it happen? You turned out fine and I became fucked up.
Agnes Borg Pettersen
That's not true.
Nora Borg
Why didn't our childhood ruin you?
Agnes Borg Pettersen
It hasn't always been easy for me.
Nora Borg
But you've managed to make a family. A home.
Agnes Borg Pettersen
Yeah. There's one major difference in the way we grew up: I had you. I know you think you're incapable of caring, but you were there for me. When mom was down, you washed my hair, combed it, got me to school, I felt safe.
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Conflict in Professional Relationships
Rachel Kemp
Why didn't you want to do the role?
[about Nora rejecting a movie role given by Gustav]
Nora Borg
I can't work with him.
Rachel Kemp
Why?
Nora Borg
We can't really talk.
Rachel Kemp
But he wanted you to do it.
Nora Borg
Yeah... Yeah. I don't know.
Rachel Kemp
Just keep thinking that he... he made a mistake. I just can't... I can't get a handle on her, you know? The more that I study her, the more lost I feel trying to be her. It's like her sadness is... It's such an overwhelming part of her. It's a beautiful thing. But I can't tell if that's just the cause of everything, or is it... I don't know, a symptom of something deeper? I don't wanna disappoint him, you know?
[beat]
Nora Borg
Well, he's a... very difficult person. But he's a really good director, and he sees something in you. You'd be stupid to walk away.
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