Arrival Quotes

Louise Banks: [facing the aliens]So, what are we gonna call them?
Ian Donnelly: I don't know. I was thinking Abbott and Costello.

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Ian Donnelly: Well, the cornerstone of civilization isn't language, it's science.

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Louise Banks: [narrating]We're so bounded by time, by its order. But now I am not so sure I believe in beginnings and endings.

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Louise Banks: [after confronting the aliens for the first time]Am I fired?
Colonel Weber: You're better than the last guy.
Louise Banks: That doesn't make me feel any better.

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Ian Donnelly: [upon entering the alien ship]Holy fuck.

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Louise Banks: We don't know if they understand the difference between a weapon and a tool.

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[first lines] Louise Banks: [narrating]I used to think this was the beginning of your story. Memory is a strange thing. It doesn't work like I thought it did. We are so bound by time, by its order.
Louise Banks: [coddling her baby girl]Okay. Okay. Come back to me. Come back to me. Come back to me.
Louise Banks: [later playing with her in the yard]Stick 'em up! Are you the sheriff in this here town? These are my tickle guns, and I'm gonna getcha!
6-Year-Old-Hannah: No!
Louise Banks: You want me to chase you? You better run!

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