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Innocence and Knowledge: A Delicate Balance
Ruth Harker
These are things that little girls should never know.
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Misidentification in a Crisis Call
911 Agent
911, what's your emergency?
Curtis Horn
It's, it's my daughter. That's not my daughter.
911 Agent
Sir, who's not your daughter?
Curtis Horn
I gotta be quiet. I gotta be quiet.
911 Agent
Sir, where are you?
Curtis Horn
When she's sleeping... When she's sleeping, it's the best time to do it.
911 Agent
Do what?
Curtis Horn
When her eyes are closed.
911 Agent
Sir, can you stay on the line with me?
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Casual Introduction of a Connection
Ruth Harker
Don't mind me. I'm just a friend ... of a friend.
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Choices and Consequences in Law Enforcement
Longlegs
Oh there she is, the almost birthday girl! Oh, it's funny. The day you decided to go into law enforcement you were twenty. We had such a big laugh about it. Though it was only me who laughed, not she.
Lee Harker
Who's the she that you're talking about?
Longlegs
The seventh she to be given the same choice they've all been given. Crimson, or clover. Accept the gift and destroy, destroy yourself and yourselves. Or keep it. And bow down. Bow all the way down. And get right down to the dirty, dirty work. Work that gets dirty as it cleans. Like a mop. Like a rag.
Lee Harker
You don't work alone, do you? Somebody's been helping you. An accomplice.
Longlegs
Knock knock! On the farmhouse door. A nice lady with a Bible and a congratulations! You have been selected! You may now collect your gift from the church. It says right here, right here on the orders, the orders from the man downstairs. The Camera family farmhouse will be so bright and white you can't miss it!
Lee Harker
You're referring to Carrie-Anne Camera? What did you say to her at the mental institution?
Longlegs
Oh, but Lee, your house was even whiter when I came to visit.
Lee Harker
January 13th 1974, right?
Longlegs
And then house number 8 was so white, whiter than a fish's throat, whiter than tits, I knew then that the work we were doing was immaculate.
Lee Harker
But your work's over. It's done. And you're gonna be in here for the rest of your life.
Longlegs
Yes... I am done. But I won't only be in here. I'll be a little bit of everywhere. Waiting in the wings. In the father's wings.
Lee Harker
Who's been helping you?
Longlegs
Well... I'll let you get started now.
Lee Harker
Who is the man downstairs?
Longlegs
Why don't you ask your mommy?
Lee Harker
My mother doesn't know anything.
Longlegs
Hail Satan.
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Desire for Escape from Life's Struggles
Longlegs
Daddy! Mommy! Un-make me, and save me from the hell of living!
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A Dream of Darkness and Nowhere
Lee Harker
Do you remember anything?
Carrie Anne Camera
It's, like, a long dream. And so dark. A world of dark. Like, a Nowhere, between here and there.
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Embracing the Darkness Within
Longlegs
I know you're not afraid of a little dark. Because you are the dark.
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The Power of Prayer Against Evil
Ruth Harker
Are you still saying your prayers? Our prayers protect us from the devil.
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Acknowledge the Consequences of Appearance
Longlegs
I'm sorry, it seems I wore my long legs today. What happens if I just...
[crouches]
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Eternal Torment and Desperation in Hell
Ruth Harker
If they don't die, then we will burn ... and twist, and burn ... and twist, in hell. Forever and ever.
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The Ineffectiveness of Prayer
Ruth Harker
Our prayers don't help us. Prayers don't do a goddamn thing.
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Consequences of Choosing Not to Cooperate
Longlegs
You could've played nice with me. But you didn't. And that is the reason for all of this.
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Unwelcome Visitor Promises Repeated Returns
Ruth Harker
Excuse me? Who are you and why are you talking to my kid?
Longlegs
Let me in now, and it can be nice! Make me go now, and I'll have to come back! Not once, not twice, but as many times as I like!
[singing]
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The Challenges of Being a Female FBI Agent
Ruby Carter
Is it scary being a lady FBI Agent?
Lee Harker
Yeah. Yeah, it is.
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Reflections on a Significant Birthday
Ruth Harker
I can't believe it's gonna be your birthday again so soon. What a day that was. I bled...bled...bled...bled...bled...
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