Kindness has always been our first impulse.
In this case, our kindness couldn't have been more misguided.
S2The Outsiders
This world was built on the foundation of fairness and respect for all. No, we do not renounce violence all together. If we are attacked, we will fight to protect our home, but we will never instigate that violence! And I will not allow this community to be dragged down to that level!
We've tried diplomacy and look where that got us. Now is the time for action...Our strength is in our numbers. We could overwhelm them. Drive them out.
Drive them out at what risk?
No greater risk than we are facing now.
You will let me go out to do what must be done? Whatever must be done?
I pray that won't be necessary.
So do I.
That is not who you are to us.
That is who I am...perhaps even my fate. The very part of me that I struggle to overcome gives me the power to protect the people who protect me-who give me life.
Vincent, that is not your fate.
My survival depends on this world. There is no other choice for me. For me there is no other place, Father.
[to Catherine about the gun] We need a way to...to discourage these people from further violence. We cannot allow them to control our lives with fear...I pray it will never be used as anything more than a threat. But perhaps that threat will keep him and us safe.
This is cowardice!
There is no shame in making sacrifices for something you believe in strongly, William.
I believe in the children. I believe in the life we have built here.
So do we.
And yet you'd see it destroyed? Changed without a fight?
No one will ever destroy this place.
[voiceover] That night, she truly walked alone. And deep within me I felt the cold and terrible truth of all that kept us apart. Fate had left me adrift, with no wind to carry me to the safe shores of her love.
S2Orphans
I'm here. Always.
Always. Such a father's word, always.
What is it? What are you thinking?
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.
That is a wonderful memory to have.
I wish we'd stayed that close.
You've told me before of the growing distance between you.
We got in a...habit. There were things I didn't want to tell him.
And...there were things you couldn't tell him...Catherine...There's still time.
[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.
[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.
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.
[to Catherine's father] Please know this...That I will protect Catherine, watch over her, and love her...until my last breath.
I'm losing myself! I can't go back there.
Catherine ...
There's nothing for me there. I tried. That life isn't mine anymore.
Give yourself time to mourn.
Vincent, I need to be with you. I need you...I need you!
Come.
So sudden a loss.. you had no time to prepare.
The pain goes through me and then subsides.
I can feel it in you.
I know you can.
But it wasn't like a dream...he was there talking to me.
Giving you his blessing.
He understood about our secret. He understood everything. I could feel his trust. Whatever I do now is ok.
You found peace with him but not yet with yourself.
I'm not sure.
Don't ever be afraid of the truth.
I don't want to hurt you. I don't ever want to disappoint you.
By returning Above?
I feel like I failed.
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.
S2Arabesque
[about Lisa] Did she leave the tunnels in order to dance?
That is not why she left...though it may have been the reason at the time.
Why did she leave?
Because I loved her.
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