Catherine quotes from Beauty and the Beast

Catherine

I don't know what I am supposed to be here, Vincent. Am I a friend or a prosecutor? How can I be both?

Vincent

You follow the truth.

Catherine

The truth is? Most of the time I think the people we prosecute deserve to be punished, but I know Kanin. He's a good man and I know what he means to all of us. Where is the justice in that?

Vincent

Perhaps, in making it possible for two people to release their burden.

William

It is not going to help anybody for him to turn himself in.

Catherine

It will help the mother. A woman up there is being destroyed.

Catherine

I'm not asleep.

Vincent

No?

Catherine

Mmm...Just in that wonderful place in between.

Vincent

Where everything shimmers and floats.

Catherine

Am I floating?

Vincent

Yes...A great burden has been lifted.

Catherine

They both seem finally free. Now maybe the healing can begin.

Vincent

Rest now.

Catherine

As long as you keep reading.

Catherine

Who are they?

Vincent

We don't know. Perhaps a family.

Catherine

Maybe I could do something.

Vincent

No. You must stay away from the tunnels until the danger is past.

Catherine

What does Father say?

Vincent

He struggles to remain optimistic. I think he still believes these people can be moved by good will and reason.

Catherine

But you don't think so?

Vincent

No.

Catherine

You think you know how it will end?

Vincent

We are so vulnerable.

Catherine

Then let me try to help

Vincent

No! You must stay away from it.

Catherine

That world, those tunnels are part of my life, too...and so are you.

Vincent

If the worst should happen, you mustn't be anywhere near.

Catherine

If the worst happens, I want to be by your side, with you.

Vincent

No! Not like that! Never again!

Catherine

Vincent, wait!

Vincent

I'm here. Always.

Catherine

Always. Such a father's word, always.

Vincent

What is it? What are you thinking?

Catherine

Something he did when I was little. He made me laugh, that's all. Whenever I was upset he'd make me laugh. He'd come to the door and I would be...crying on the bed. Already a part of me would start to smile. I would try not to, but I couldn't help it. And he would say in this deep voice, "Don't laugh...Don't laugh." And he would come in and I would try not to look, but I would look anyway...And there he was, with this enormous red clown's nose. I don't even know where he got it.

Vincent

That is a wonderful memory to have.

Catherine

I wish we'd stayed that close.

Vincent

You've told me before of the growing distance between you.

Catherine

We got in a...habit. There were things I didn't want to tell him.

Vincent

And...there were things you couldn't tell him...Catherine...There's still time.

Catherine

[to her father] You see...I haven't been alone. There's been someone in my life. His name is Vincent...When I had the accident, it was Vincent who saved my life. Those days that I was missing, they weren't lost or forgotten. I was with him. Healing. Learning things about myself I might never have known. But Vincent was a secret I couldn't share...not even with you.

Vincent

[to Catherine's father] I realize that to you I am a stranger, and that was not your choice. But what Catherine and I share has taken great courage, especially for Catherine. She sacrificed much in order to live a life of generosity and of love.

Catherine

Daddy, I've gotten so much back. I had to change. I had to find my own strength and Vincent has helped me to do that.

Vincent

[to Catherine's father] Please know this...That I will protect Catherine, watch over her, and love her...until my last breath.

Catherine

I'm losing myself! I can't go back there.

Vincent

Catherine ...

Catherine

There's nothing for me there. I tried. That life isn't mine anymore.

Vincent

Give yourself time to mourn.

Catherine

Vincent, I need to be with you. I need you...I need you!

Vincent

Come.

Vincent

So sudden a loss.. you had no time to prepare.

Catherine

The pain goes through me and then subsides.

Vincent

I can feel it in you.

Catherine

I know you can.

Catherine

But it wasn't like a dream...he was there talking to me.

Vincent

Giving you his blessing.

Catherine

He understood about our secret. He understood everything. I could feel his trust. Whatever I do now is ok.

Vincent

You found peace with him but not yet with yourself.

Catherine

I'm not sure.

Vincent

Don't ever be afraid of the truth.

Catherine

I don't want to hurt you. I don't ever want to disappoint you.

Vincent

By returning Above?

Catherine

I feel like I failed.

Vincent

Catherine...every moment that we share is a triumph and a gift. And everyone of those moments is a lifetime complete. There is no failure. It doesn't mean our dream can never be. It just means now is not the right time. You came here to grieve, and begin to heal. But now your destiny is to be in both worlds. You are a woman of both worlds. That is who you are.

Catherine

[about Lisa] Did she leave the tunnels in order to dance?

Vincent

That is not why she left...though it may have been the reason at the time.

Catherine

Why did she leave?

Vincent

Because I loved her.

Joe

That's what I like to see-taxpayer money hard at work.

Catherine

I never thought of that. Huh. I pay my own salary.

Vincent

Because I hurt her...because in my desire I forgot who I was. Who I am. As she moved closer, I wanted to hold her. She was dancing, and...and I felt a pull. It was pulling me to her, and I reached out for her. Suddenly, in her eyes, I saw fear of me. I saw myself. But I couldn't let go of her...And I knew these hands were not meant to give love.

Catherine

These hands are beautiful. These are my hands.

Vincent

Hmmm.

Catherine

Why are you smiling?

Vincent

Kristopher worked in oils.

Catherine

Yes.

Vincent

Oils take months to dry completely, Catherine. Sometimes years. This canvas...

Catherine

Don't say it. I have to hold on to some of my certainties, don't I?