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A Change in Appearance and Vulnerability
Grace
Charles. You look so different.
Charles
Sometimes I bleed.
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Claiming Ownership of the House
Anne Stewart
They're everywhere - they say this house is theirs.
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Questioning Belief in the Supernatural
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Do you believe in ghosts? She didn't...
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The Strange Effects of Grief
Mrs. Mills
Death of a loved one can lead people to do the strangest things.
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Reflections on Past Suffering and Loss
Mrs. Mills
Don't trouble yourself, ma'am. Tuberculosis finished us off, more than half a century ago.
[Grace is firing at the servants]
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A Mother's Haunting Realization
Grace Stewart
At first, I couldn't understand what the pillows were doing in my hands and why you didn't move, but then I knew. It had happened. I killed my children. I got the rifle, I put it to my forehead and I pulled the trigger, nothing. And I heard your laughter in the bedroom. You were playing with the pillows as if nothing had happened, and I thought the Lord and his great mercy was giving me another chance. Tell them, don't give up, be strong. Be a good mother but now, but now what does this all mean? Where are we?
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Defiance of Home in Adversity
Grace Stewart
No one can make us leave this house.
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Children's Discovery of the Supernatural Truth
Anne
Nicholas don't speak to them.
Nicholas
Why?
Anne
They're dead.
Nicholas
WHAT?
Anne
They're ghosts. Come over here.
Nicholas
But you said, "Ghosts wear sheets and carry chains".
Anne
I don't care what I said. Get away from them.
Nicholas
You're always teasing me and telling lies. I'm sick of it.
Anne
Nicholas I'm telling the truth. COME HERE!
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Skepticism About Symbolism in Faith
Anne
I don't believe that the Holy Spirit is a dove.
Nicholas
I don't believe that either.
Anne
Doves are anything but holy.
Nicholas
They poo on the window.
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Intersection of Living and Dead Worlds
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Sometimes the world of the living gets mixed up with the world of the dead.
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Invitations to the Unwelcome
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How do you keep them out, when they've already invited themselves in?
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Intersecting Realms of the Living and Dead
Mrs. Mills
Sometimes the world of the living gets mixed up with the world of the dead.
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Confronting the Unknown Intruders
Grace
If you're dead, then leave us in peace. Leave us in peace!
Mrs. Mills
And suppose we do leave you, ma'am, do you suppose that They will?
Grace
Who?
Mrs. Mills
The intruders.
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Debate on Children's Photosensitivity and Safety
Grace
Whoever took the curtains wants to kill my children.
Mrs. Mills
Now, why do you think the daylight would kill them?
Grace
Are you mad? I already told you my children are photosensitive. THE LIGHT WILL KILL THEM!
Mrs. Mills
Yes, but that was before. The condition could have cleared up.
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Inevitability of Discovery
Mrs. Mills
Sooner or later, they will find you.
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Mother and Daughter in Confusion
Grace
Where's my daughter? What have you done with my daughter?
Anne
Are you mad? I am your daughter.
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Facing Fears and Emotions Together
Mrs. Mills
No crying now. No crying. Stop that. Here. Look what an awful face you've got when you cry.
[to Anne, who is crying after being punished; uses her apron to wipe away Anne's tears]
Anne
I don't care!
[crying]
Mrs. Mills
There, there.
Mrs. Mills
You listen to me. I've seen them too.
Anne
You have?
Anne
Why don't you tell my mother? Then maybe she'll believe me.
Mrs. Mills
There are things your mother doesn't want to hear. She only believes in what she was taught. But don't worry. Sooner or later... she'll see them. And everything will be different.
Anne
How?
Mrs. Mills
You'll see. There are going to be some big surprises. There are going to be... changes.
Anne
Changes?
[confused]
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The Intruders Will Always Return
Mrs. Mills
The intruders are leaving, but others will come. Sometimes we'll sense them. Other times, we won't.
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Truth and Deception in Family Dynamics
Anne
Mummy, I won't ask for forgiveness for something I didn't do!
Grace
You told your brother there was someone else in the room!
Anne
There was!
Grace
You're lying!
Anne
I AM NOT!
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A Farewell Amidst Uncertainty
Charles
I just came home to say goodbye to my wife and children.
Grace
Where are you going?
Charles
To the front.
Grace
I thought the war was over.
Charles
The war is not over.
Grace
You're not going. You left us once already. YOU CAN'T GO! Why did you go and fight that stupid war that had NOTHING TO DO WITH US? Why didn't you stay like the others did?
Charles
The others surrendered.
Grace
We are all surrendered, what did you expect? What were you trying to prove by going to war? Your place was here with your family. I loved you, but that wasn't enough, was it? You want to leave not because of the war, you want to leave me, remember when you told me "I know a place where no one can bother our children when they are playing"?
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The Beginning of Creation According to Grace
Grace Stewart
Now children, are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin... This story started many thousands of years ago, and it was all over in just 7 days. All that long long time ago, none of the things we can see now, the sun, the moon, the stars, the earth, the animals and plants, not a single one existed. Only God existed. And so only he could have created them. And he did.
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A Shift in Perception Awaits
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Sooner or later she'll see them, then everything will be different.
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A Casual Approach to Ghostly Encounters
Grace Stewart
If you see a ghost, you say "hello".
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Claiming Ownership of the House
Grace Stewart
This house is ours, this house is ours.
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Feeling Isolated from Reality
Grace Stewart
I'm beginning to feel totally cut off from the world.
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The House and Its Unchanging Nature
Grace
So you say you know this house well?
Mrs. Mills
Like the back of my hand, that is assuming the walls haven't sprouted legs and moved in the meantime.
Grace
The only thing that moves here is the light, but it changes everything.
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