Hugh Crain quotes from The Haunting of Hill House

[to Steven] Our family is like an unfinished meal to that house, and your brother is walking right back into.. That house is the most dangerous place in the world for all of us, but especially for you.

[to Steve about his mom] She used to say she was the kite and I was the line. She was a creature of the clouds and and I was a creature of the earth. And she'd say that without me she'd become untethered and she would float away up into the... And then without her, I would just, you know, crash, just drop right down to the ground.

You remember what we talked about before? About our dreams?

Young Nell Crain

They can spill.

That's right. Yeah, just like a cup of water can spill sometimes. But kids' dreams are special. They're like...

Young Nell Crain

An ocean.

An ocean. That's right. And the big dreams can spill out sometimes.

Young Shirley Crain

Where's Mom?

Young Steven Crain

I thought I saw her upstairs.

That's not Mom.

So, yeah, it's not my place. But if you find your missus is acting scattered... then, yeah, maybe a little time away would do the trick. From the house, I mean. And a little prayer, too. Most likely.

Well, prayer's not really our thing, but... I take your point.

Each to their own, I suppose.

Olivia Crain

How long has it been since you were here?

Longer than I intended. It was too hard to see you here, this way. But I still had you with me.

Olivia Crain

Oh, love. That wasn't me, that was just you. What were you doing all this time away?

I was holding a door. Holding a door closed. I had my back against it, and my arms out wide, because I knew there were monsters in the other side and they wanted what was left of our family. And I held it so hard, I didn't have arms left for the kids. The monsters got through anyway.

Olivia Crain

That's what monsters do.

Olivia Crain

We're all safe now. This is our forever house. It always was. Nothing bad will ever touch them ever again.

Nothing good will, either.