Solara [To Eli]
I didn't think you would ever give up the book. I thought it was important to you.
Played by Mila Kunis 
The Book of Eli (2010) · 43 quotes
The Book of Eli (2010) · 43 quotes
Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in The Book of Eli (2010): in 13 of its 43 quotes
Most scenes with: Eli (9)
Have you ever thought that maybe you were lost?
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2 quotes Solara Solara [To Eli]
You said I could come with you if I took you to the water!
Scenes with Solara
10 scenes Solara Do you remember what it was like? I mean, in the world before?
People had more than they needed. We had no idea what was precious, what wasn't. We threw away things people kill each other for now.
Solara They killed all these people.
Not just killed them. They ate them.
Solara Her hands... her hands were shaking.
Too much human meat. Let's go!
Solara I'm sorry, I thought you were asleep.
I wasn't asleep. Now, what are you doing?
Solara I just wanted to see the book.
No one touches the book but me. You understand? Do you understand?
Solara Yes, I understand.
Alright then, go to sleep.
[Solara goes back to her spot. Eli tucks his backpack away and loads his shotgun.]
You says you don't know how to read anyway, so it's no use to you.
Solara Yeah. So teach me.
Solara So, how old are you?
Excuse me?
Solara It's just that I haven't really seen too many people your age come through here before.
Well, it's been... 30 winters since the flash. I really don't remember.
Solara Do you remember what it was like? I mean, in the world before.
Yeah.
Solara Well, what was it like?
People had more than they needed. We had no idea what was precious, what wasn't. We threw away things people kill each other for now.
Solara Really?
Yeah.
Solara [Reaches for his bible]
You have a book. Can I see it?
Solara I just, I just wanna look at it.
Solara [Walks around him]
Listen, I can't even read! Come on, please, let me just see it. What is with you? It is just a book!
[Sits at table placing cloth fold and gun on table and then wraps up bible]
It's not just a book.
Solara What do you mean, it's not just a book?
Look. No more questions about the book, all right? No more questions. All right? [Solara sits on bed] I got a question for you, since you're here.
Solara Well, maybe I'll answer it and maybe I won't.
Where do you get your water?
Solara Can't tell you that.
You can't tell me or you don't know?
Solara Oh, I know. But if you're not talking about the book, I'm not talking about the water.
You're something else, you know. All right, I got another question for you.
Solara Right.
You hungry? There's a lot of food there, more than I can eat. [Walks over to table and turns around tray] Tell you what. We can share it, you know, like old people used to. Okay. Okay? [Solara gets off bed, walks to table and picks up bread roll] Wait a minute, wait a minute. Wait. [Takes bread roll from Solara and motions to her chair] Sit. Sit. [Lays out placemat] This'll be for you. [Opens both hands before her] Give me your hands.
Solara What are you doing?
Trust me. Give me your hands. [She complies] Close your eyes. Dear Lord, we thank you for this meal. We thank you for a warm bed... and a roof over our head on cold nights such as this. It's been too long.
Solara Is this from your book?
Don't interrupt. Close your eyes. We thank you for the gift of companionship... in hard times like these. Amen. [Pulls back both hands]
Solara Now we eat?
Solara I want to come with you.
No, you don't.
Solara ... I hate it here.
Then change it.
Solara [Eli stops walking on road]
What's wrong?
You hear that?
Solara Hear what?
Don't move. Don't move. [Shoots bird out of sky, hands archery bow to Solara] Here. Take the wire off of that. Spool it up. [Walks over to bird carcass]
Solara What is that?
Dinner.
Solara Do you really read the same book every day?
Without fail.
Solara Will you read some to me? Please? [Eli recites scripture of Psalm 23] That's beautiful.
You like that?
Solara Did you write that?
Yes, I did.
Solara Really?
No, no. No. No, that was around a long time before you and I got here, that's for sure.
Solara What did you mean when you said it's not just any book?
It's the only one.
Solara Really?
After the war, people made it their business... to find and destroy any that the fires didn't get already. Some people said this was the reason for the war in the first place. Anyway, it's the only one that survived.
Solara How'd you get it?
They said that the war... tore a hole in the sky, you've probably heard the stories.
Solara Yeah.
Tore a hole in the sky, sun came down... and burned everything. Everything and everybody. You were lucky to hole up and hide in a place like this or underground. Most people weren't lucky. So, a year later, we started coming out, and people wandered around. I, not knowing what I was gonna do, trying to find a place to survive. One day, I heard a voice. It's hard to explain, but it was like it... Like it was coming from inside of me. But I could hear it as clear as I can hear you talking to me now.
Solara What did this voice say?
It led me... to a place where I found the book... buried under some rubble. The voice told me to carry the book out west. Told me that a path would be laid out for me, that I'd be led to a place where the book was safe. Told me that I'd be protected... against anyone or anything that stood in my path. I've been walking ever since.
Solara And you did all that because a voice in your head told you to?
Yes, I did. I know what I heard. I know what I hear. I know I'm not crazy. And I know I would've never made it without help.
Solara What's that?
One question too many.
Solara Hold up. Hold up! Stop! You know, you say you've been walking for 30 years, right?
Right.
Solara Have you ever thought that maybe you were lost?
Nope.
Solara Well, how do you know that you're walking in the right direction?
"I walk by faith, not by sight."
Solara What does that mean?
It means that you know something even if you don't know something.
Solara That doesn't make any sense.
It doesn't have to make sense. It's faith. It's faith. It's the flower of light in the field of darkness that's giving me the strength to carry on, you understand?
Solara Is that from your book?
No, its uh...Johnny Cash Live "At Folsom Prison."
Solara What?
Solara I'm sorry.
For what?
Solara This. This is all my fault.
No, it's not.
Solara No, it is. If I didn't come with you, none of this would've happened.
It's not your fault. I did what I had to do.
Solara I didn't think anything could make you give up that book.
I thought it was too important. All the years I've been carrying it and reading it every day. I got so caught up with keeping it safe, I forgot to live by what I learned from it.
Solara Yeah, and what's that?
Just... do for others more than you do for yourself. That's what I got from it, anyway.
Lombardi
You don't have to leave, you know. You're more than welcome to stay. You'll be perfectly safe here.
Solara Thank you. But this is something I have to do.
Lombardi
Where will you go?
Solara [thoughtfully as she holds the sword]
Home.
