“Beloved” quotes
(1998)
Jonathan Demme
directed this movie
in 1998
Title Beloved
Year 1998
Director Jonathan Demme
Genre Drama, History, Horror
Year 1998
Director Jonathan Demme
Genre Drama, History, Horror
Plot – Sethe has a fierce determination. She's a runaway slave who struggles to create a new life with her children, but unfortunately her past prevents her to fulfill her dream.
All actors – Yada Beener, Emil Pinnock, Calen Johnson, Oprah Winfrey, Beah Richards, Danny Glover, Kimberly Elise, Jude Ciccolella, Kessia Embry, Dashiell Eaves, LisaGay Hamilton, Tyler Hinson
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“No matter what happen, God has led you home. So lay em' down Sethe, sword and shield. For God has led you home.”
“- Denver: How come everybody from Sweet Home can't stop talking about it? Seems to me if it was so sweet, you wouldn't have run away.
- Sethe: Girl, who you think you talking to?
- Paul D: No, she's right, Sethe. It wasn't sweet, and it sure wasn't home.”“The beat, beat, of your heart... Love it. More than the lungs that need yet to breathe free air. More than the womb, which holds life. More than the private parts that give life. Love your heart.”
“- Sethe: You wanna feel something? Feel what it feel like to be a colored woman, roaming the roads, and anything God made liable to jump on you. Feel that!
- Paul D: I know every bit of that, Sethe. I wasn't born yesterday, and I never mistreated a woman in my life.
- Sethe: Well, that makes one of you in this world.”“- Paul D: Your love is too thick, Sethe.
- Sethe: Love is or it isn't, Paul D. Thin love ain't no love at all.”
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