"Quotes"

Bailey 2021-10-18 09:30:40

"There's so much of "place" in the world. There's less time because the time has to be spread extra thin over all the places, like butter. so all the persons say "Hurry up! Let's get going! Pick up the pace! Finish up now!". Ma was in a hurry to go "boing" up to Heaven, but she forgot me. Dumbo Ma! So the aliens threw her back down. Crash! And broke her."


"Grandma.

Yes?

I need scissors.

What for?

For cutting my hair.

Do you really want to do that?

I wanna send it to Ma.

How come?

She needs my strong more than me, so I wanna send it to her. Or you can take it to her.」


"When I was four I don't even know about the world. And now me and ma going to live in forever, and ever. Until we're dead. This is the street in a city, in a country, call America, on the earth. That's the blue and green planet, always spin. So I don't know why we don't fall off. Then, there's outer space. Noboy knows where's heaven. Ma and I have decided because we don't know what we like. We get to try everything. There are so many things out here, and sometimes it's scary. But that's ok. Because it's still just you and me."


"Bye plant, bye chair number one, bye chair number two, bye table, bye wardrobe, bye sink, byebye skylight. Ma say byebye to room.」

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Extended Reading
  • Ashley 2022-03-21 09:01:13

    The first half of "The Room" is exciting, and the second half is thought-provoking. Frankel talked about a victim syndrome, that is, being persecuted for too long can lead to emotional numbness and cognitive errors. For example, they may think, "I have suffered so much, how should you all..." This is incompatible with the new environment. This is the reason why "The Room" is more profound than ordinary suspense films. Fortunately, love is a good medicine to save all mental illnesses.

  • Johnny 2022-03-21 09:01:13

    The protagonist looks so much like a girl that I always thought it was a story of a mother hiding her daughter’s gender from sexual assault for the first twenty minutes...Well, this is a frightening piece of freshness, but it is full of warmth and kindness. Suspense, even a little philosophical thought, especially the part of escape and the final return to the house. It's a pity that the pure child's perspective split into two mothers and children after the escape, and emotional continuity is affected.

Room quotes

  • [first lines]

    Ma: Ssh. Go back to sleep.

    Jack: [reciting to himself] Once upon a time, before I came, you cried and cried and watched TV all day, until you were a zombie. But then I zoomed down from heaven, through skylight, into Room. Whoosh-pshew! And I was kicking you from the inside. Boom, boom! And then I shot out onto Rug with my eyes wide open, and you cutt-ed the cord and said, "Hello, Jack!"

  • Jack: There are so many things out here. And sometimes it's scary. But that's ok. Because it's still just you and me...