The Shipping News (2001)

Judi Dench: Agnis Hamm

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• Agnis : I always thought if anyone knew, I'd be turned to stone. Shit!

  Quoyle : [hands her a cup]  Here. Tea's a good drink. It'll keep you going.

  [pause] 

  Quoyle : When someone hurts you that much... how do you...? Is it possible? Does it ever go away?

  Agnis : [hesitates, then takes out an old photo]  Her name was Irene. The love of my life.

  Quoyle : You look happy.

  Agnis : So, yeah. It is possible.

• Quoyle : What are we doing here?

  Agnis : Makin' a future!

• Agnis : We face up to things we're afraid of because we can't go 'round 'em.

• Agnis : Takes a year, nephew - full turn of the calendar to get over losin' someone. That's a true saying. The move will help, you'll see. No place on earth could be better than the place your people came from. Smell that clean northern sea?

  Quoyle : I'm not a water person.

  Agnis : At least the girl is.

  Quoyle : I hope we're doing the right thing, Agnis.

  Agnis : Thought I'd never come back here. But the older you get - there's an ache, a pull. Something you gotta figure out. Like you're piece in a puzzle.

• Agnis : [looking out at the North Sea]  Maybe one day we'll build a summerhouse out here.

  Quoyle : Summer...

  Bunny Quoyle : Do they have summer here?