Lady in the Water Quotes

Story A boy, in the midwest of this land, will grow up in a home where your book will be on the shelf and spoken of often. He will grow up with these ideas in his head. He will grow into a great orator. He will speak and his words will be heard throughout this land and throughout the world. This boy will become leader of this country and begin a movement of great change. He will speak of you and your words and your book will be the seeds of many of his great thoughts. They will be the seeds of change.

Story Do you wish to know your future?

Story * To Cleveland

Cleveland Heep I think you're someone very important to everyone.

Story Man thinks they are each alone in this world. It is not true. You are all connected. One act can one day affect all.

Story * To Cleveland

Vick There's a lot of things in The Cookbook people won't like to hear.

Cleveland Where are you from?

Story The Blue World.

Cleveland Is that an apartment?

Story Do you feel an awakening?

Story Your words are very beautiful. Your heart is very big.

Mr. Leeds Does mankind deserved to be saved?

Cleveland What?

Mr. Leeds Man?

Cleveland Yes.

Mr. Leeds That's not the answer I expected.

Cleveland Heep I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. Oh, I should have been there, I am always going to regret — just not being there. I miss your faces — how they remind me of God. I'm so lost without you guys. I met this very nice lady, and her name is Story. I think you would have liked her. I think she might be... an ], because she has to go home. I love you all, I love you all so much.

Story My name is Story.

Cleveland I didn't mean for you to tell me… Why am I not stuttering? Hello Story, my name is Cleveland.

Story From the cliffs. That's what your name means.

Cleveland Where did you learn that?

Story From my studies.

Opening narration Once, man and those in the water were linked. They inspired us. They spoke of the future. Man listened and it became real. But man does not listen very well. Man's need to own everything led him deeper into land. The magic world of the ones that lived in the ocean and the world of men separated. Through the centuries, their world and all the inhabitants of it stopped trying. The world of man became more violent. War upon war played out, as there were no guides to listen to. Now those in the water are trying again — trying to reach us. A handful of their precious young ones have been sent into the world of man. They are brought in the dead of night — to where man lives. They need only be glimpsed — and the awakening of man will happen. But their enemies roam the land. There are laws that are meant to keep the young ones safe — but they are sent at great risk to their lives. Many do not return. Yet still they try — try to help man. But man may have forgotten how to listen.

Harry Farber * Last words before being killed by the scrunt

Story I am scared. I will wait here with you, Cleveland.

Harry Farber There is no originality left in the world, Mr. Heep — that is a sad fact I have come to live with.

Cleveland Heep * To Story

Story * To Cleveland

Story I'm so very happy we saw each other.

Cleveland Heep They told her that the world will line up and reveal we are on the right path. Why isn't this working?

Story * To Cleveland

Story Your thoughts are very sad. Most are of one night. A night a man entered your home when you were not there. He stole many things and killed your wife and children. That is when you stopped being happy. You were a doctor. I am very sorry for you. You believe you have no purpose. You help all that live here.

Cleveland Anybody can do this job, Story.

Story You have a purpose. All beings have a purpose.

Cleveland Heep Here's the good stuff. There are humans with powers that can help her. These people have been unconsciously drawn to live by the Vessel. These humans don't know who they are.

Story I am scared. It is about to get very dangerous.

Harry Farber A dog inside the building. Go! Shoo! … Why you're not a dog at all. … Oh, my god, this is like a moment from a horror movie. … This is precisely the moment where the mutation or beast will attempt to kill an unlikable side character. But, in stories where there has been no prior cursing, violence, nudity or death, such as in a family film, the unlikable character will escape his encounter, and be referenced later in the story, having learned valuable lessons. He may even be given a humorous moment to allow the audience to feel good about him. This is where I turn to run. You will leap for me, I will shut the door, and you will land a fraction of a second too late.

Vick I don't know who you are — but you did something to me, to my thoughts — and everything became clearer. The fears that were muddling my thoughts just went away. I can hear myself.

Cleveland H-how was the movie?

Farber Sucked

Cleveland Oh... what a shame.

Farber Characters were walking around, saying their thoughts out loud. Who does that? And in a typical romance where the couple finally tell each other they love one another in the rain. Why does everyone like to stand around and talk in the rain in movies?

Cleveland Um... well maybe it's a metaphor for purification; starting new.

Farber No — it's not.

Cleveland Tell me what happens when the eagle takes you back.

Anna Mr. Heep is here. He has a friend. She's beautiful. She's not feeling too well... So she's lying down in my room.

Vick Why is she here? Why isn't she at his place?

Anna Well, she got sick in the stairwell downstairs. She is wearing no clothes under his shirt. Blim-blam. Mr. Heep is a playa!

Story Thank you for letting me wear your beautiful shirt.

Vick Change doesn't happen, the way you say it's going to happen, without dramatic events to accelerate thinking. I wrote this thing. It might take decades or longer to create a reaction, before it anchors in the consciousness.