Orphan (2009) - Quotes

Taglines: [[House of Wax (2005 film)|House of Wax] From the Director of ].

Taglines: There's something wrong with Esther.

Taglines: Can you keep a secret?

Esther/Leena: Please... don't let me die, Mommy.

Kate: [kicks Esther in the face and sends her back into the pond to drown, her neck broken] I'm not your fucking mommy!

Kate: Hello?

Dr. Varava: [small pause] Is this Kate Coleman? Hello?

Kate: Yeah, this is she.

Dr. Varava: My name is Dr. Varava. I'm calling from the Saarne Institute. I've just seen the picture you e-mailed.

Kate: And do you recognize her?

Dr. Varava: Where is she right now? Is she someplace where she can hear you?

Kate: No, she's not with me. She's with my husband at home---

Dr. Varava: Call your husband right now, and tell him to get your family out of the house. Then call the police.

Kate: He won't listen to me. Why?

Dr. Varava: Then tell him the little girl in the picture, is not really a little girl. She is a grown woman.

Kate: What? What are you talking about? The picture I sent you is of our adopted daughter, and she's 9 years old.

Dr. Varava: [checks on the records] No, she's not. She has a rare hormone disorder. It's called hypopituitarism, it causes proportional dwarfism. She only looks like a child. According to our records, Leena Klammer was born in 1976. She's 33 years old.

Kate: This can't be. This is a mistake.

Dr. Varava: I hope so, for your sake. Does she have the scars?

Kate Coleman: What? I don't know. What scars?

Dr. Varava: Leena was one of our most violent patients. When she was here, she was kept in a straitjacket to stop her from hurting our staff. She was constantly fighting to get out. It cut into her skin and left her with scars around her wrists and neck. There is no way you could not have seen them.

Kate: Why was she at your hospital?

Dr. Varava: She's dangerously ill, violent. She killed seven people that we know of.

Kate: Oh, my God. How could she fool us?

Dr. Varava: She has been passing herself off as a little girl for most of her life. She tricked a family here in Estonia into adopting her. When she couldn't seduce the father, she killed him and his whole family.

Kate: Then she burned the house down?

Dr. Varava: Yes. How did you know? She disappeared a year ago, and we lost track of her. If it's really Leena, you don't have much time.

Esther: [she pulls out the hammer from Max's backpack; pulls out her bloody clothes.] Are you looking for this? Poor Sister Abigail. I couldn't have done it myself, you know. Max is just as guilty as I am.

Daniel: Whatever Max did, you made her do it!

Esther: [she pulls out Max's drawings from her pocket.; puts the drawing on the pile.; pulls out the lighter fluid.; begins spraying lighter fluid on the pile; lights a match.] Think about it. How did she even know what was up here? It's always better to burn the evidence. If they find these things, they won't just be coming for me. They'll be coming for Max, too. Is it really what you want?

Daniel: [Esther drops the match and sprays more lighter fluid all over the treehouse.; Esther keeps spraying the fluid all over the tree house.; The fire ignites the fluid, setting the treehouse on fire.; Esther climbs down the lighthouse and closes the door as Daniel rushes through the door.; Esther locks the door from the treehouse.] Wait! What are you doing? Are you crazy?! Let me out! Let me out of here!

Esther: I like it when it's just the two of us. You don't know how long I've waited for a daddy just like you.

John: Mommy too, right?

Esther: I don't think Mommy likes me very much.

John: Hey. That's not true, Mommy loves you.

Esther: It's all right. It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own.

John: Sweetheart, you're just as much part of this family as Danny and Max, okay? Why don't you do something nice for Mommy, show her how much you love her?

Esther: That's a wonderful idea.

Esther: Shhhh...

Esther: Tell me what you saw.

Daniel: What are you doing?

Esther: What did you see?

Daniel: [crying] I saw you and Max in the treehouse...

Esther: [pulls his hair] What else?

Daniel: [crying] What do you mean?

Esther: What else did you see?

Daniel: Nothing, I didn't see anything else, I swear!

Esther: Did you tell anyone?

Daniel: [crying] No... I didn't tell anyone.

Esther: If I find out that you're lying, I'll cut your hairless little prick off before you even figure out what it's for. Do you understand?

Daniel: Yes...

Esther: You pissed yourself.

Kate: We've had some behavioral problems, but...

John: Yeah, nothing like that. I mean, right?

Kate: Yes, we have.

John: Really, hon, think about it.

Sister Abigail: I've tried to reach the Russian orphanage where she was raised. I think we need to know what we're dealing with.

John: Oh-uh, I'll tell you what we're dealing with. We're dealing with...

Kate: N-no, you know what?

John: [turns to Kate.; turns back to Sister Abigail.] Stop. Listen. We're dealing with a 9-year-old girl who's an orphan,---

Kate: Y-yeah, that's it...

John: [to Sister Abigail] ...okay?

Kate: We're taking her to Dr. Browning.

John: We can take her to Dr. Browning.

Esther: [while signing] There's a mean lady here. She's come to take me away. Will you help me?

Sister Abigail: I'm afraid I may have made a mistake. There could be something wrong with Esther.

John: What? What do you mean? You told us that you'd never had any trouble with her.

Sister Abigail: I didn't. But trouble does have a way of finding her.

Kate: What kind of trouble?

Sister Abigail: Two girls get into a fight, there she is. Someone gets caught stealing, there she is again.

John: So, does that mean-?

Kate: [to John] John, just let her finish.

Sister Abigail: After you told me about the girl in the playground, I called her old school. While she was there, there was a boy who fell with a pair of scissors in his hand and accidentally stabbed himself through the jaw. And Esther was there again.

John: I don't understand. He accidentally stabbed himself.

Sister Abigail: But the most troubling thing is the Sullivan house fire. I checked into it further, it was arson. They have never found the person who did it.

John: What are you suggesting here? That she had anything to do with any of this? It's ridiculous.

Sister Abigail: That a child could commit such crimes. It just flies in the face of everything I believe.

John: Oh... well, yeah.

Sister Abigail: Oh, hello Esther.

Esther: What are you doing here?

Sister Abigail: [smiles] May I come in?

John: Kate... Kate. You can't get jealous of every woman that I talk to, right? It's been like ten years.

Kate: What does that mean, "It's been ten years"? You say that like it, it, it actually means something. It's only been two years since you told me.

John: You know how sorry I am; I just feel like I've earned a little trust here. I gave you a second chance.

Kate: That's not fair... that's not fair.

John: Let me get this straight: We can talk about my mistakes, but not yours?

Kate: I was sick! You're an asshole who wanted to fuck somebody else!

Kate: Esther, what are you doing?

Esther: I always lock the door.

Kate: Nope. We don't lock doors in this house.

John: [while signing] Brenda's father says... that you pushed her.

Esther: That's not true, we were just playing. I swear.

John: Okay.

Kate: [to Max, signing] And did you see what happened?

Max: [signing back, but not speaking] She slipped.

Esther/Leena: [Holding Kate's diary] Makes very interesting reading... I read about why Max is deaf. How you were drunk and drove the car into the lake? If John hadn't been there, she'd be dead now.

Esther/Leena: [To Kate] It must be hard, having such an ear for music as you, with a son who is not interested and a daughter who can't even hear.

Esther/Leena: [Holding a gun at Max] Do you want to play?

Esther/Leena: [about to kill Daniel] Don't worry, you are going to heaven.

Esther/Leena: [to Max after Esther kills a bird] It's alright, it's in heaven now.

Esther/Leena: [Threatening Daniel; ...; Looks down on Daniel's pants] If I find out you're lying, I'll cut your hairless little prick off before you even know what it's for. Do you understand? You pissed yourself.

Esther/Leena: I don't think Mommy likes me very much. It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own.