“I know what it is.” – Dr, Louise Banks, Arrival ... Movie Quotes Database

Dr, Louise Banks

I know what it is.

Ian Donnelly

What?

Dr, Louise Banks

It's not a weapon. It's a gift. The weapon is their language. They gave it all to us.

Ian Donnelly

So we can learn Heptopod?

Dr, Louise Banks

If you learn it... really learn it, you get to perceive time the way they do. So you get to see what's to happen. But time, it isn't the same for them. It is not linear.

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