The Others (2001) - Quotes

Questioning Belief in the Supernatural

Taglines: Do you believe in ghosts? She didn't...

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Intersection of Living and Dead Worlds

Taglines: Sometimes the world of the living gets mixed up with the world of the dead.

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A Shift in Perception Awaits

Taglines: Sooner or later she'll see them, then everything will be different.

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Invitations to the Unwelcome

Taglines: How do you keep them out, when they've already invited themselves in?

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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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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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A Change in Appearance and Vulnerability

Grace: Charles. You look so different.

Charles: Sometimes I bleed.

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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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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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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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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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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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Facing Fears and Emotions Together

Mrs. Mills: [to Anne, who is crying after being punished; uses her apron to wipe away Anne's tears] No crying now. No crying. Stop that. Here. Look what an awful face you've got when you cry.

Anne: [crying] I don't care!

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: [confused] Changes?

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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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Claiming Ownership of the House

Anne Stewart: They're everywhere - they say this house is theirs.

Inevitability of Discovery

Mrs. Mills: Sooner or later, they will find you.

Reflections on Past Suffering and Loss

Mrs. Mills: [Grace is firing at the servants] Don't trouble yourself, ma'am. Tuberculosis finished us off, more than half a century ago.

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.

Intersecting Realms of the Living and Dead

Mrs. Mills: Sometimes the world of the living gets mixed up with the world of the dead.

The Strange Effects of Grief

Mrs. Mills: Death of a loved one can lead people to do the strangest things.

Defiance of Home in Adversity

Grace Stewart: No one can make us leave this house.

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?

Claiming Ownership of the House

Grace Stewart: This house is ours, this house is ours.

Feeling Isolated from Reality

Grace Stewart: I'm beginning to feel totally cut off from the world.

A Casual Approach to Ghostly Encounters

Grace Stewart: If you see a ghost, you say "hello".

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.