Rachel quotes from The Ring (2002)

Rachel

She wanted that child more than anything in the world. How could she have done that?

Rachel

She just wanted to be heard.

Rachel

Sometimes children yell, or cry … or draw pictures.

I know that Aidan recently lost his cousin …

Rachel

Yes, and I'm doing what I can to find him some good daycare …

That's not what I meant. By all means, take your time. I know they were very close, Aidan and his cousin.

Rachel

They spent a few nights a week together.

Did he talk to you about her death?

Rachel

Well, like you said, he's not the talkative type.

That doesn't mean he has nothing to say.

Rachel

He knows I'm there.

Yes, I'm sure he does. But he may be expressing himself in … other ways. I'd like to show you something. [takes out several pictures showing a girl buried underground]

Rachel

That's his cousin. That's Katie.

Miss Keller, I'm bothered by these drawings.

Rachel

Listen, I appreciate your concern, but my son lost his best friend three nights ago and he's just trying to deal with it.

Yes, I understand, but these pictures …

Rachel

… are Aidan's way of working it out. Of expressing himself, like you said. He'll be okay.

You say that she died three nights ago?

Rachel

Yes.

Aidan drew these last week.

Rachel

Would you say that I'm gullible?

Noah

No.

Rachel

Easily rattled?

Noah

Definitely not. I mean, you're a little highly strung, maybe.

Noah

You sure this is a copy?

Rachel

Yeah. Why?

Noah

The numbers are all screwed up.

Rachel

Same problem got copied, I guess.

Noah

It's impossible. The numbers of the control track, they're put on the tape whenever it's recorded, which means, theoretically, there shouldn't be any images.

Rachel

Hey, Noah, can you pretend for one minute that I don't read Video Geek Magazine?

Noah

Okay, when you record a tape, the makeup of the tracks is like a signature for whatever did the recording, like a camcorder, VCR, whatever. So the control track can tell us where it came from. But to not have one, I mean, that's like being born without fingerprints.

Rachel

Honey, the house you drew for me …

Aidan

Uh-huh.

Rachel

Where did you see it? Did you see it in your head? Is that why you drew it?

Aidan

In my head?

Rachel

Aidan, why did you draw that house?

Aidan

'Cause she told me to.

Rachel

Who? Who told you to?

Aidan

The little girl.

Rachel

She talks to you?

Aidan

No, she shows me things.

Rachel

Did she show you the horses?

Aidan

She doesn't like it in the barn. The horses keep her up at night.

Rachel

So she still lives there?

Aidan

No, she lives in a dark place now.

She wanted a child more than anything, poor Anna. They tried hard for years, but, sometimes it's just not meant to be. Then one winter they went away; when they came back it was with Samara. Adopted, they said. Never did say from where. Said the mother died of complications. But, they had their baby, they had their horses, everything was fine. Until Anna started coming to see me. Said she was suffering visions. Seeing things. Horrible things. Like they'd been burned inside her. And it only happened around Samara. Like the girl put them there.

Rachel

Were you Samara's doctor too? [Grasnik nods] Was there anything wrong with her?

You mean medically?

Rachel

I mean whatever you mean.

When Darby there was born, we knew something wasn't right with him. But, we loved him anyway. Takes work, you know. Some people have limits.

Rachel

So, what happened to her?

I referred them to a neuropsychiatric on the mainland. I assume she's still there.

Rachel

You don't know? How can you not know?

We've been through a lot of hard years out here. Mean winters, small hauls, no fish. And that was long before the horses. See, when you live on an island, you catch a cold, it's everybody's cold.

Rachel

No offense, ma'am, but what the hell does that mean?

It means ever since that girl's been gone, things have been better.

Rachel

What did you do to her?! She was your daughter! You killed Samara, didn't you? You killed her, and when your wife found out …

MY WIFE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CHILD!

Noah

I can't imagine being stuck down a well all alone like that. How long could you survive?

Rachel

Seven days.

Aidan

What happened to the girl?

Rachel

Samara?

Aidan

Is that her name?

Rachel

M-hm.

Aidan

Is she still in the dark place?

Rachel

No. We set her free.

Aidan

You helped her?

Rachel

Yeah.

Aidan

Why did you do that?

Rachel

What's wrong, honey?

Aidan

You weren't supposed to help her.