The Sinner
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Failure to save somebody's life. That's not a crime. But impeding a rescue? That's second-degree murder.
Ambrose
Ambrose: And the driver?
Officer: We're gonna need hydraulics to get him out. Idiot wasn't wearing his seatbelt.
It's weird. Everything looks different now. Like my house, I know it's my house, but it's not ... quite. My hands. They don't seem like my hands.
Jamie
Jamie: Have you ever seen someone die in front of you? Someone you care about?
Ambrose: Once.
Jamie: What was it like for you?
Ambrose: Not what I expected.
Jamie: Yeah. Yeah, that's the thing. You'd think it'd be horrible, but I've known Nick since college and it was like I finally saw him for the first time. The way he looked at me.
Ambrose: That was ... how?
Jamie: I don't know. I don't know.
Ambrose: Do you have any idea why those two were heading to your house in the middle of the night?
Sonya: I don't even know their names.
Leela: Do you think maybe he was in love with you?
Jamie: Nah. It was never like that.
Leela: Why not?
Jamie: Because it wasn't.
Leela: Really? No college moment? No experimenting between friends? Nothing?
Jamie: Ok. If you really wanna know...
Leela: Yes. Yes, I want to know.
Jamie: Yeah, we tried once, and it didn't work. For either of us.
There are no children here. The Beacon is very clear about this. None of us are advanced enough in the work to have children. I think he's right.
Vera
Woman: Should that, should that, what happened in there, should that be a part of the work?
Vera: Every experience is a part of the work. You know that. Why? Are you upset?
Vera: Julian is a new kind of man, at one with nature, fluid with all of the darkness and all of the light.
Harry: You're never going to show me what the work actually is, are ya?
Vera: You've already been doing it.
Harry: Who's on the mantle?
Vera: The Beacon. He was the leader of Mosswood back when Mosswood had a leader. This was his cabin.
Harry: What time's he expected home?
Vera: He's gone now, but he did most of his writing and meditating right here in this room.
Harry: Are you playing games with me? Huh? Is that it?
Vera: Finally. There you are.
And underneath that rage, if you could just taste what's there, what would it be?
Vera
