“If you believe that the natural world is good, then you must also accept its brutality.”
― 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
“Eons of loneliness, and then one day your ellipsis peaks toward that of another planet and there is a gasp of nearness. Wouldn’t you try to make the most of it? Wouldn’t you, too, combust and flare and explode if you had to?”
― 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
“An absence of fear, Elisa realizes, can be mistaken for happiness, but it isn’t the same thing. Not even close.”
― The Shape of Water
― The Shape of Water
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