Lena quotes from Beauty and the Beast

Lena

Things don't change...not on the street. You look into the houses and you can see what's inside. You see the lights, the Christmas tree, people talking and laughing...and, you get this cold feeling on the outside, like, you're never going to be the one who's in there.

Lena

Here, Vincent. It's okay. Hold her. Come on.

Lena

I did what I had to do.

Catherine

You don't know who the father is?

Lena

[shaking her head] No.

Catherine

That's okay.

Lena

Then why does it feel so bad?

Catherine

Lena...

Lena

It's gonna grow up to be just like me. When I think of that—

Catherine

[to Lena] Your baby is about what can be, not about what is. If you don't believe that, then nobody will.

Lena

Vincent, when we first met, do you remember how we talked about feeling alone?

Vincent

I remember.

Lena

I've been thinking. It doesn't have to be that way, not anymore. All these things keep...coming back into my head. Everything we've talked about...things I never talked to anybody about before. And I keep thinking how when the baby came. How you were there, close to me...close to her...Let me love you, Vincent.

Vincent

Oh, Lena...

Lena

I can feel your heart.

Vincent

I will always cherish the moment we first met. How you saw me, how you accepted me.

Lena

You did the same for me.

Vincent

I know. But, what you ask now isn't possible.

Lena

Why?

Vincent

Because my heart is bound to another.

Lena

Catherine?

Vincent

Yes.

Lena

Do you love her?

Vincent

With all that I am. With all that I can ever become.

Lena

What do you want?

Catherine

I came to see how you were.

Lena

Nothing you say is gonna make me go back there.

Catherine

You're your own person, Lena. I can't force you. But, your baby's down there.

Lena

She belongs there.

Catherine

So do you.

Lena

I hate it there. It doesn't matter. It's not a real place to me anymore.

Catherine

[to Lena] Do you remember what you told me that first night? About being outside, that cold feeling. You can hide out there if you want, but you have a place on the inside now...with friends, people that care about you. It's your choice. If you want me to leave, just say so.

Lena

Leave.

Catherine

If you ever want to talk to someone, I'm there.

Lena

Please, don't leave.

Vincent

Welcome home, Lena.

Lena

Thank you.

It has been said that the child is the meaning of this life. Today, we celebrate the child, this new life that has been brought into our world. We welcome the child with love, that she may be able to love. We welcome the child with gifts, that she may learn generosity. And we welcome the child with a name upon which I believe Lena has decided.

Lena

Her name is Catherine.