“If you believe that the natural world is good, then you must also accept its brutality.”
― The Shape of Water
― The Shape of Water
“She realizes that, down here, hate has no purpose. Down here, you embrace your foes until they become your friends. Down here, you seek not to be one being, but all beings, and all at once, God and Chemosh and everything in between. The change in her isn’t only mental. It’s physical, of skin and muscle. Yes, she has arrived. She is full. She is perfect.”
― The Shape of Water
― The Shape of Water
“Men meet a woman who’s mute, they take advantage of her. Never once on a date did a man ever try to communicate, not really. They just grabbed, and took, as if she, voiceless as an animal, was an animal. This is better. The man from the dream, hazy as he is, is better.”
― The Shape of Water
― The Shape of Water
“What would feeling like somebody feel like? To suddenly exist not only in your world, but someone else’s as well?”
― The Shape of Water
― The Shape of Water
“The most intelligent of creatures often make the fewest sounds.”
― The Shape of Water
― The Shape of Water
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