I always lock the door.
Nope. We don't lock doors in this house.
Esther/Leena
Isabelle Fuhrman · 14 quotes
Kate
Vera Farmiga · 7 quotes
John
Peter Sarsgaard · 5 quotes
Sister Abigail
CCH Pounder · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Kate & John (4), Esther/Leena & Kate (2), Esther/Leena & John (2)
Orphan quotes
Page 1 of 2Please... don't let me die, Mommy.
I'm not your **** mommy! [kicks Esther in the face and sends her back into the pond to drown, her neck broken]
I like it when it's just the two of us. You don't know how long I've waited for a daddy just like you.
Mommy too, right?
I don't think Mommy likes me very much.
Hey. That's not true, Mommy loves you.
It's all right. It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own.
Sweetheart, you're just as much part of this family as Danny and Max, okay? Why don't you do something nice for Mommy, show her how much you love her?
That's a wonderful idea.
Kate... Kate. You can't get jealous of every woman that I talk to, right? It's been like ten years.
What does that mean, "It's been ten years"? You say that like it, it, it actually means something. It's only been two years since you told me.
You know how sorry I am; I just feel like I've earned a little trust here. I gave you a second chance.
That's not fair... that's not fair.
Let me get this straight: We can talk about my mistakes, but not yours?
I was sick! You're an asshole who wanted to **** somebody else!
We've had some behavioral problems, but...
Yeah, nothing like that. I mean, right?
Yes, we have.
Really, hon, think about it.
[Esther looks at the living room, while Kate, John and Sister Abigail are talking.]
I've tried to reach the Russian orphanage where she was raised. I think we need to know what we're dealing with.
N-no, you know what?
[turns to Kate.]
Stop. Listen. [turns back to Sister Abigail.] We're dealing with a 9-year-old girl who's an orphan,---
Y-yeah, that's it...
We're taking her to Dr. Browning.
I'm afraid I may have made a mistake. There could be something wrong with Esther.
What? What do you mean? You told us that you'd never had any trouble with her.
I didn't. But trouble does have a way of finding her.
What kind of trouble?
Two girls get into a fight, there she is. Someone gets caught stealing, there she is again.
So, does that mean-?
After you told me about the girl in the playground, I called her old school. While she was there, there was a boy who fell with a pair of scissors in his hand and accidentally stabbed himself through the jaw. And Esther was there again.
I don't understand. He accidentally stabbed himself.
But the most troubling thing is the Sullivan house fire. I checked into it further, it was arson. They have never found the person who did it.
[While Sister Abigail are talking to Kate and John, Esther looks]
What are you suggesting here? That she had anything to do with any of this? It's ridiculous.
That a child could commit such crimes. It just flies in the face of everything I believe.
Oh... well, yeah.
[as Daniel looks for the evidence through his treehouse, Esther suddenly enters behind him.; Daniel turns to Esther.]
Are you looking for this? [she pulls out the hammer from Max's backpack] Poor Sister Abigail. I couldn't have done it myself, you know. [pulls out her bloody clothes.] Max is just as guilty as I am.
Daniel Whatever Max did, you made her do it!
Think about it. [she pulls out Max's drawings from her pocket.] How did she even know what was up here? [puts the drawing on the pile.] It's always better to burn the evidence. [pulls out the lighter fluid.] If they find these things, [begins spraying lighter fluid on the pile] they won't just be coming for me. They'll be coming for Max, too. [lights a match.] Is it really what you want?
Daniel Wait! [Esther drops the match and sprays more lighter fluid all over the treehouse.] What are you doing? [Esther keeps spraying the fluid all over the tree house.] Are you crazy?! [The fire ignites the fluid, setting the treehouse on fire.; Esther climbs down the lighthouse and closes the door as Daniel rushes through the door.] Let me out! [Esther locks the door from the treehouse.] Let me out of here!
[As Esther walks to the door, she opens it and see Sister Abigail waiting.]
Oh, hello Esther.
What are you doing here?
Dr. Varava
Is this Kate Coleman? [small pause] Hello?
Yeah, this is she.
Dr. Varava
My name is Dr. Varava. I'm calling from the Saarne Institute. I've just seen the picture you e-mailed.
And do you recognize her?
Dr. Varava
Where is she right now? Is she someplace where she can hear you?
No, she's not with me. She's with my husband at home---
Dr. Varava
Call your husband right now, and tell him to get your family out of the house. Then call the police.
He won't listen to me. Why?
Dr. Varava
Then tell him the little girl in the picture, is not really a little girl. She is a grown woman.
What? What are you talking about? The picture I sent you is of our adopted daughter, and she's 9 years old.
Dr. Varava
No, she's not. She has a rare hormone disorder. It's called hypopituitarism, it causes proportional dwarfism. She only looks like a child. [checks on the records] According to our records, Leena Klammer was born in 1976. She's 33 years old.
Dr. Varava
I hope so, for your sake. Does she have the scars?
What? I don't know. What scars?
Dr. Varava
Leena was one of our most violent patients. When she was here, she was kept in a straitjacket to stop her from hurting our staff. She was constantly fighting to get out. It cut into her skin and left her with scars around her wrists and neck. There is no way you could not have seen them.
Dr. Varava
She's dangerously ill, violent. She killed seven people that we know of.
Oh, my God. How could she fool us?
Dr. Varava
She has been passing herself off as a little girl for most of her life. She tricked a family here in Estonia into adopting her. When she couldn't seduce the father, she killed him and his whole family.
Then she burned the house down?
Dr. Varava
Yes. How did you know? She disappeared a year ago, and we lost track of her. If it's really Leena, you don't have much time.
[Kate uses the stairs and gets out of the hospital.]
[while Kate is preparing the food, Esther remain silent while John and Max are looking at her.] [while signing]
Brenda's father says... that you pushed her.
That's not true, we were just playing. I swear.
Max [signing back, but not speaking]
She slipped.
[while Max is drawing, Esther enters her room.; Max turns to Esther.] [while signing]
There's a mean lady here. She's come to take me away. Will you help me?
Daniel What are you doing?
What did you see?
Daniel [crying]
I saw you and Max in the treehouse...
Daniel [crying]
What do you mean?
What else did you see?
Daniel Nothing, I didn't see anything else, I swear!
Did you tell anyone?
Daniel [crying]
No... I didn't tell anyone.
[Esther moves the box cutter down between his legs.]
If I find out that you're lying, I'll cut your hairless little prick off before you even figure out what it's for. Do you understand?
Daniel Yes...
[Daniel urinates in his pants]
You pissed yourself.
[Esther lets go of Daniel and leaves the room.]
[Holding Kate's diary]
Makes very interesting reading... I read about why Max is deaf. How you were drunk and drove the car into the lake? If John hadn't been there, she'd be dead now.