Family Connections and Responsibilities
Katla:
You should remember I'm carrying your little brother
Jónas:
He woun't be my brother.
Katla:
Your father is the father. So he will be your brother.
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The Silence of the Deceased
Margit: [to mother]
This is Jónas.
Margit: [to Jónas]
She can't speak. When people are dead they can't speak anymore.
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A Conversation About a Mother's Vision
Margit:
Jónas, Jónas.
Jónas:
What's the matter?
Margit:
I've seen my mother.
Jónas:
Where
Margit:
By the see, and on the heath. I couldn't remember before. But now I do.
Jónas:
What dose she look like?
Margit:
She's very beautiful.
Jónas:
But how can she be here?
Margit:
Sometimes people return.
Jónas:
Is she a ghost?
Margit:
No, she came to take care of me.
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Curiosity About Marriage and Relationships
Margit:
What's it like beeing married?
Katla:
Do you have someone in mind?
Margit:
No, I just wanted to know.
Katla:
Are you sure you're not thinking of someone?
Margit:
No.
Katla:
When you know, then you'll know why I woun't leave Jóhann. And you will know when you will find out.
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A Discussion on Game Rules and Fairness
Jónas:
You took two.
Margit:
I only nocked it with my hand.
Margit:
You have to pick a shell first.
Jónas:
Where are you end your sister from?
Margit:
It's not there anymore.
Jónas:
It disappeared?
Margit:
No. There aren't any people there anymore. They are all gone.
Jónas:
Will you ever go back?
Margit:
Katla sais we'll stay here. That we are from here now.
Jónas:
But you can't change where you are from
Margit:
But what if where you are from isn't there anymore?
Jónas:
Then you can be from here, but your sister can't be.
Margit:
Why not?
Jónas:
Because I'm from here and I don't want here to be.
Margit:
But she's my sister and she has to be from the same place as I am.
Jónas:
But I don't want her to be.
Margit:
But she has to be.
Jónas:
No, she can't be. I don't want her to be. No she can't be. I don't want her to be. She can't be. I don't want her to be. No. She can't be. I woun't let her.
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Boundaries in Relationships
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The Importance of Memory and Presence
Jónas:
I come here every day so she'll remember me.
Margit:
And if you didn't come, she would forget?
Jónas:
Yes
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The Connection Between Souls and Nature
Margit:
Where did she go?
Katla:
She became ashes and left with the wind.
Margit:
And her sould?
Katla:
Her sould... was tied with the heart of a bird.
Margit:
And the tread will hold forever?
Katla:
Until the bird's heart breaks.
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Love and Accusations in The Juniper Tree
Katla: [to Jónas]
She must have loved you very much to give you something so fine that you can't show it.
Jónas:
You're a witch, you're a dirty witch.
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A Promise of Eternal Connection
Katia:
I'll sew my footprints into his coat, and he'll follow me forever.
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Desire to Avoid Unwanted Sight
Margit:
I don't want to see. Even if I could.
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Facing Loss and Isolation
Jóhann:
He's dead and she's gone, little girl. And we're all that's left. We're all that's left.
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Questioning Belonging and Presence
Jóhann:
Why are you here? You don't belong here.
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Humanity Recognized Beyond Animal Traits
Jóhann:
She's got two legs and a nose, she's not a goat.
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