A character in Rectify
Played by Adelaide Clemens
Rectify · 69 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Rectify: in 12 of its 69 quotes
Most scenes with: Daniel Holden (10)
The place where I was had no windows, just these thick walls surrounded by more thick walls. So I never knew if it was raining or even heard the loudest thunder.
Tawney TalbotThat's so sad.
It's not as bad as it sounds because I didn't sense things in a normal way, I didn't miss them. If I couldn't sense them, they weren't real to me.
Tawney TalbotWhat was real to you, Daniel?
The time in between the seconds. And my books. And my friend.
Now that I'm here in this world where everything's marked by hours or dates or events, I find myself in a state of constant anticipation. What it is I'm anticipating, I'm not always sure, nor is it necessarily a pleasant feeling. But in the case of the inevitable rain and thunder which I am sure to experience, thanks to you Tawney, I am very much looking forward to that.
Tawney TalbotIt will be glorious, Daniel. You won't be disappointed.
I'm just so aware that most of what I draw on from inside my head are things I've read about. My real life experiences are actually rather narrow. I don't think about the seasons, not for the longest time, anyway.
Tawney TalbotI'm sorry.
I don't mean to sound pitiful.
Tawney TalbotOh no, you don't, not really.
I don't feel that way, sorry for myself. I do feel I am being received sometimes that way, by others. And I know I have a part in that somehow, I just don't have it figured out yet.
Tawney TalbotThat will probably take some time, figuring things out.
That it wasn't worth pondering.
Tawney TalbotBut of course it is! That's what makes us human.
I think what makes us human is the ability to choose to ponder or not to ponder.
Tawney TalbotI can see and feel God in all things.
Like Thomas Aquinas.
Tawney TalbotI don't know much about him.
He felt that God revealed himself in nature.
Tawney TalbotYes, yes, that's what I feel, in a sense.
He believed that supernatural revelation is faith, and natural revelation is reason, and the two are not contradictory, but complementary.
Tawney TalbotCould you ever accept Christ into your heart?
I don't think Buddha would mind making room, or Confucius. Nietzsche might grumble.
It does something to you, not to be touched in any positive way for so long. You begin to vacillate between being repelled by touch, and seeking it out in any form, even the most negative.
Tawney TalbotI'm so sorry.
Out here, you... you're the only touch that soothed me.
Tawney TalbotHow is he?
Not good. Thanks for asking...
Tawney TalbotIs there anything I can do?
You wouldn't be a brain surgeon by any chance?
Why does everything got to be so goddamn polite in this relationship?
Tawney TalbotDo you want me to start talking like you, Teddy? That make you happy?
Tawney TalbotI can't remember the last time I used a pay phone. The last time I saw one, even.
They're hard to find. But it felt good to use a telephone that wasn't smarter than me.
Why did you want me to get saved, Tawney?
Tawney Talbot'Cause I wanted you to have salvation. I wanted you to know peace, I still want that for you.
And do you know peace, Tawney?
Tawney TalbotSometimes.
And you think that peace comes from God?
Tawney TalbotI know it doesn't come from ourselves.
Do you believe that, or do you have to believe that because otherwise life would be intolerable for you?
Tawney TalbotI believe that because it's true.
Or is it true because you believe it?
Tawney TalbotYes, both I guess.
So if I believe there is no God, then there is no God.
Tawney TalbotIt's not the same thing.
Why not?
Tawney Talbot'Cause you're just lost, Daniel.
Something we can agree upon.
I hurt him, humiliated him, something I learned in prison, something to make a man feel powerless. It wasn't rape, but it was violent. And...
Tawney Talbot...and what?
Unhinged.
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