Noah quotes from Noah (2014)

A great flood is coming. The waters of the heavens will meet the waters of Earth. We build a vessel to survive the storm. We build an ark.

Let me tell you a story. The first story my father told me, and the first story that I told each of you. In the beginning, there was nothing. Nothing but the silence of an infinite darkness. But the breath of the Creator fluttered against the face of the void, whispering "Let there be light." And light was, and it was good. The first day. And then the formless light began to take on substance and shape. A second day. And our world was born. Our beautiful, fragile home. And a great, warming light nurtured its days, and a lesser light ruled the nights. And there was evening, and morning - another day. And the waters of the world gathered together, and in their midst emerged dry land. Another day passed. And the ground put forth the growing things. A thick blanket of green stretching across all creation. And the waters, too, teemed with life. Great creatures of the deep that are no more. Vast multitudes of fish, some of which may still swim beneath these seas. And soon the sky was streaming with birds. And there was evening, and there was morning - a fifth day. Now the whole world was full of living beings. Everything that creeps, everything that crawls, and every beast that walks upon the ground, and it was good. It was all good. There was light and air and water and soil, all clean and unspoiled. There were plants and fish and fowl and beast, each after their own kind, all part of the greater whole, all in their place, and all was in balance. It was paradise, a jewel in The Creator's palm. Then The Creator made Man, and by his side, Woman. Father and mother of us all. He gave them a choice: follow the temptation of darkness, or hold on to the blessing of light. But they ate from the forbidden fruit. Their innocence was extinguished. And so for the ten generations since Adam, sin has walked within us. Brother against brother, nation against nation, Man against Creation. We murdered each other. We broke the world, we did this. Man did this. Everything that was beautiful, everything that was good, we shattered. Now, it begins again. Air, water, earth, plant, fish, bird and beast. Paradise returns. But this time there will be no men. If we were to enter the garden, we would only ruin it again. No, the Creator has judged us. Mankind must end. Shem and Ila, you will bury your mother and I. Ham, you will bury them. Japheth will lay you to rest. You, Japheth, you will be the last man. And in time you, too, will return to the dust. Creation will be left alone, safe and beautiful.

From Adam to Seth, from Seth to Enosh, Enosh to Kenan, Kenan to Mahalalel to my father, Methuselah, then to me. Today, that birthright passes to you, Noah. My son. The Creator made Adam in His image, and then placed the world in his care. This is your work now. Your responsibility. May you walk alongside The Creator in righteousness. So I say to you--

The Shrine of Seth!

Men! Hide!

We mine here.

The ground is rich with tzohar. This is The Creator's land. What are you doing?

The Creator? My mines run dry. My city withers and must be fed. And what has He done? He cursed us to struggle by the sweat of our brow to survive! Damned if I don't do everything it takes to do just that!

Damned if I don't take what I want. This relic belongs to the descendants of Cain now. The line of Seth ends here.

It is ours. Now dig!

Ham. What are you doing?

It's pretty.

You see those other flowers? How they're attached to the ground? That's where they should be. They have a purpose. They sprout. And they bloom. The wind takes their seeds and more flowers grow. We only collect what we can use, and what we need. Do you understand? Shem. Ham. Let's go! Men! Hide, hide! Go!

I have men at my back and you stand alone and defy me?

I am not alone.

This is the end of everything.

The beginning. The beginning of everything.

I have to know. Why did you spare them?

I looked down at those two little girls and all I had in my heart was love.

Then why are you alone, Noah? Why are you separated to your family?

Because I failed him, and I failed all of you.

Did you? He chose you for a reason, Noah. He showed you the wickedness of Man and knew you would not look away. And you saw goodness, too. The choice was put in your hands because he put it there. He asked you to decide if we were worth saving. And you chose mercy. You chose love. He has given us a second chance. Be a father, be a grandfather. Help us to do better this time. Help us start again.