Aloft Quotes

Ike: [about Ivan]You shouldn't have taken him out of that class. He needs looking after.
Nana Kunning: I took care of it, Ike. He's in another class.
Ike: Yea. He has feelings, Alana. He never comes first.
Nana Kunning: He doesn't need to. It'll do him good to learn that.

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Nana Kunning: Ivan's strong. He can handle it.
Ike: You think you know everything. He's just a boy.

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Nana Kunning: I'm not interested in elaborating. You're asking me to perform, like, pluck love out of the sky and examine it for you. It's not what I do.

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Nana Kunning: You know, the problem is the moment I begin to explain an act, I start claiming it with language. We want to take this possessive stance with everything, right? But it only weakens us, whereas our well-being demands an acceptance of uncertainty.

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Young Ivan: [shouting]So what? He was just going to die anyway!

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Nana Kunning: Ivan... Ivan.
Ivan: [shouting]Do not say my name. Do not say my name!

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Ivan: I don't want to die. [repeats the line several times]

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Nana Kunning: Right now everything is incomprehensible. I have a boy who hasn't even lived yet. What was he born for? To die?

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Ivan: How can a mother abandon her son for something she can't even explain?

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