The Impossible (2013) - Quotes

Taglines: One family's incredible true story.

Taglines: Nothing is more powerful than the human spirit.

Henry: [on a borrowed cell phone] Did you hear from anyone yet?

Family Member: No, Henry, you're the first to call. Is everybody all right?

Henry: Maria and Lucas are not here.

Family Member: What do you, what do you mean they're not there?

Henry: [crying] The water came and swept everyone away, and I found, I found Thomas and Simon... and I don't know what to do. I don't know where to look. Lots of people need to use the phone okay? I'll call you later.

Karl: You can't leave it like that. Come on.

Henry: [calling back] It's me again. Look, I promise you that I won't stop looking until I find them, okay? I don't know what I'm going to do cause it's nighttime now but I'll look in all the hospitals and I look in all the shelters. I will find them I promise you that. I'll call you when I do.

Old Woman: Some of those stars have been burnt out for a long, long time. They're dead, but once they were so bright that their light is still travelling through space. We can still see them.

Lucas: How can you tell which one is dead and which one is not?

Old Woman: No, you can't, it's impossible. It's a beautiful mystery, isn't it?

Maria: [after Lucas makes her eat some fruit] You're so bossy.

Lucas: I wonder who I take after.

Thomas: I'm scared.

Henry: I know, I know. I'm scared too but do you know, the most scary bit for me?

Thomas: When the water hit?

Henry: No, after that, when I came up and I was all on my own. That was the scariest part. Then I saw the two of you, clinging to that tree, I didn't feel so scared anymore because I knew I wasn't on my own. What if Mommy and Lucas are on their own right now? Hmm? Imagine how scared they'll be.

Thomas: We'll look for them together.

Henry: No.

Thomas: You can't...

Henry: Thomas, no, you have to look after Simon and I'm gonna keep looking for them. Okay? Okay?

Maria: [hearing a child cry out] Wait, did you hear that?

Lucas: Mom, there's nothing we can do.

Maria: Wait.

Lucas: We are almost there but we have to get to safety.

Maria: No, we have to help that boy.

Lucas: If a wave catches us down here, we will die! We have to climb that tree right now.

Maria: [Yells] Where are you?

Lucas: Mom, look at you. We need help! We can't risk it mom. Come on.

Maria: Listen, what if that boy was Simon or Thomas? What if they needed help? You'd want someone to help them, wouldn't you?

Lucas: Simon and Thomas are dead!

Maria: [pause] Even if it's the last thing we do...

Lucas: [Trembling and distraught, after he and Maria have managed to take refuge on a tree in the rushing wave; sobbing] I thought I was a brave kid, Mum...! I'm scared!

Maria: [moves closer to embrace Lucas; whispers into his ear] Shhh! I'm scared, too.

Lucas: Is it over?

Lucas: Is it over?

Maria: I don't know! I don't know.

Maria: [Watching in horror as the tsunami crashes into the resort] COVER THE BOYS!!!

Henry: LUCAS!

Lucas: DAD!!

Bellhop: And you, you don't work?

Maria Bennett: I'm a doctor. I'm not practicing right now. Just taking care of the kids.

Bellhop: I see, you got promoted.

Henry: [on the plane, flying to Thailand] Did you set the alarm before we left?

Maria: Yeah, it was the last thing I did.

Henry: No, I was the last one to leave. I was the last one to leave, and I'm sure I didn't set it.

Maria: No darling, I was the last one out, and I did. I promise.

Henry: You sure?

Maria: Yup.

Henry: K.

Henry: [after a long pause] No, no, I was the last one, cause I went back in, and that means the alarm is not set, cause I didn't set it.

Maria: [shrugs] Well, um, I guess that means we'll be coming home to a large bunch of hippies sleeping in our bed.

Henry: [smiles] What, just like your old college days?

Maria Bennett: [at the hospital] Lucas, look at this place. They're so busy in here. You get to go and do something. Go help people. You're good at it.