“Shining Through” quotes

“- Linda Voss: What do you want from me?
- Ed Leland: I want you to stop feeling sorry for yourself.
- Linda Voss: No, you want me to stop feeling, like you... You did love me, didn't you? I couldn't have been wrong.
- Ed Leland: You weren't.
- Linda Voss: Well then how do you stop, or want to?”
Melanie Griffith - Linda Voss
Michael Douglas - Ed Leland

“What's a war for, if not to hold on to what we love?”
Melanie Griffith - Linda Voss

“To my father I spoke German. But he warned me to keep this language a secret, because outside of our neighborhood in Queens New York, if people heard me speak German they would either think that I was a Nazi sympathizer, or they would know I was a Jew.”
Melanie Griffith - Linda Voss

“This is all so civilized, Edward. That's what you like, isn't it? Civilized people, polite ladies with pedigrees who look good at the opera, and never make you laugh too hard, and never make you feel too much. I've had a lot of time to think about this and don't tell me it's the war, when I've been waiting for six months to hear whether you're...” (continue)(continue reading)

Melanie Griffith - Linda Voss

“I have no use for Jews.”
Joely Richardson - Margrete Von Eberstien

“- Ed Leland: Close your eyes and tell me everything you see in the room. It's an observation test. Do you really have a problem with that?
- Linda Voss: Pictures of sailboats and polo ponies; fancy books and diplomas; stuffed fish on the wall; calendar set to the wrong date; bookcases that need dusting; carpets that need cleaning; and a couple...” (continue)(continue reading)
Michael Douglas - Ed Leland
Melanie Griffith - Linda Voss

“It surprised no one that Ed was too stubborn to die.”
Melanie Griffith - Linda Voss