Memorable Quotes from Sophia Myles
9 quotesA World Without Duty and Desire
Isolde
If things were different. If we lived in a place without duty... would you be with me?
Tristan
That place does not exist.
Isolde
I'll pretend it's you.
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Reassurance in a Time of Uncertainty
Isolde
Hello. You've been sleeping a long time. You're in Ireland. Did you know that? Shh... It's alright. You're safe here. No one knows. Don't be scared. Just sleep... sleep.
[Tristan slowly turns to look at her.; Tristan fades out of consciousness.]
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Desire for the Unattainable
Isolde
Why long for things if they're not meant to be ours?
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Love's Exclusivity in Tristan and Isolde
Isolde
How many did you love before me?
Tristan
None.
Isolde
And after me?
Tristan
None.
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A Gift's Origin Revealed
Marke
That’s pretty. Did you make it?
Isolde
It was a present.
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A Description of Isolde's Promised Partner
Tristan
You're promised?
Isolde
Yes.
Tristan
What's he like?
Isolde
Dark. Tall. Nearly twice your size. An absolute gentleman.
Tristan
I thought... earlier when you spoke of wanting something you can't have.
Isolde
I didn't know what I was talking about.
Isolde
Outside, just past that bluff there is a boat. That's how you should go when you leave. You should go soon.
Tristan
How do you feel?
Isolde
I don't know.
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Seeking a Deeper Meaning in Life
Isolde
I want to know if there's more to this life and I can't know that if they kill you!
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Reflections of Love and Unity
Isolde
My face in thine eyes, thine in mine appers. And true plain hearts do in the faces rest. Where can you find two better hemispheres, without sharp north, without declining west. Whatever dies was not mixed equally. If our two loves be one or thou and I love so alike that none can slacken, none can die. (John Donne, The Good Morrow)
[Tristan dies. Isolde is thinking of the time back in Ireland]
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Lady Penelope Critiques Garden Conditions
Lady Penelope
This doesn't look good, Parker.
[arriving at Tracy Island after they send the emergency signal]
Parker
No, Milady.
Lady Penelope
That Bougainvillea is absolutely parched!
[points with her pink umbrella to a potted plant on a nearby table; points behind her to an old wooden hammock]
Lady Penelope
And someone should do something about that *hideous* hammock!
Parker
Yes, milady.
[after taking Lady Penelope's umbrella]
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