Prodigy (2017)

Savannah Halliday: Ellie

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Quotes 

• Ellie : I don't like that term. "Love." It's vague, overused.

  Fonda : How so?

  Ellie : Love is the guise under which selfishness operates. Parents only love their children so long as they maintain control over them.

• Fonda : Chess is not a game of speed.

  Ellie : Not for some, clearly.

• Ellie : [upon first meeting]  You have it all. Worn loafers, second hand slacks, tattered briefcase.

  Fonda : I'm not quite sure I follow.

  Ellie : But the truth is in the details. The lines on your face. Your posture. Distinct lack of concern with your hairstyle. Did Miss Olivia send a bargain-bin-find in with me? How quaint.

  Fonda : You're a very observant young lady.

• Ellie : I have had enough exposure to you working-class folks to know what you are.

  Fonda : What are we?

  Ellie : A lost cause.

  Fonda : I don't believe you're qualified to condemn and entire class of people.

  Ellie : The number of dumpy towns we pass through might surprise you.

• Ellie : What if your provocation backfires and convinces me to turn on both sides? To become the monster they would so like me to be?

  Fonda : You decide what you become.

• Fonda : Behind all your understanding, is there no fear of your own mortality?

  Ellie : I'm not afraid to die.

  Fonda : I believe you. I think you're afraid to live with yourself... After what happened.

• [last lines] 

  Ellie : Careful, doctor, you're slipping.

  Fonda : I'm not so sure about that.

  [moving his piece] 

  Fonda : Check.