The Host (2013)
Saoirse Ronan: Melanie Stryder, Wanda
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Quotes
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Wanderer/Wanda : Why is he looking at you?
Melanie Stryder : Why are you looking at him?
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Wanderer/Wanda : [under her breath] You're angry when I kiss a man you do love and angry when I kiss a man you don't. It's very confusing.
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Wanderer/Wanda : You tried to kill me, and now you're protecting me?
Ian O'Shea : [beat] Strange world, isn't it?
Wanderer/Wanda : [smiles] The strangest.
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Wanderer/Wanda : Kiss me like you wanna get slapped.
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Melanie Stryder : Wanda, my sister.
Wanderer/Wanda : Yes, sister?
Melanie Stryder : Please don't do this.
Wanderer/Wanda : Don't you want to be with Jared... and Jamie?
Melanie Stryder : It doesn't have to be this way. You don't have to die. You really could go to another world, the way you've been telling everyone.
Wanderer/Wanda : Thank you, but... by the time I got to the closest planet, you, Jamie, Jared, Ian, everyone on this world I care about would be long dead. I don't want to go on without you. I love you, Mel.
Melanie Stryder : I love you. You are the purest soul, human or not, that I've ever met. The universe will be a darker place without you.
Wanderer/Wanda : Be happy, Mel. Be happy that after living so many lives, I finally found something to die for.
Melanie Stryder , Wanderer/Wanda : Goodbye.
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Ian O'Shea : Wanda, I just want you to know that, uh... I trust you and I believe you're telling us the truth, but I... I gotta ask, what's it like for you and her, living in there together?
Wanderer/Wanda : It's... crowded.
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Wanderer/Wanda : You know, it's not really me you like. It's this body. You couldn't care for me.
[taking his hand]
Wanderer/Wanda : If you could hold me - me... in your hand - you'd be disgusted.
[pause]
Wanderer/Wanda : You'd crush me.
Ian O'Shea : You don't know that.
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Wanderer/Wanda : You have always tried to extract it by force. The secret is, you do not remove it. It removes itself. You coax it out. You have always seen it as the enemy. It can feel the hate. It can only be captured by kindness, love.
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Jared Howe : I haven't spoken to another human being in two years.
Melanie Stryder : I'm guessing you haven't been kissed in a while, either.
[Jared smiles]
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Wanderer/Wanda : [softly, in awed voice] He sees everything. He's not crazy. He's a genius!
Melanie Stryder : [voice] And I think he's both.
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Melanie Stryder : We could be taken at any moment. We only have this. Now.
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The Seeker : I do have SOME good news. Your identification of Jared Howe has helped. There was a sighting. I am confident we will find him.
Wanderer/Wanda : [Melanie takes control] No!
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Wanderer/Wanda : We do not lie. We trust each other.
Melanie Stryder : [voice] You guys take the fun out of everything.
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Ian O'Shea : Is there any way Melanie can give us some... some privacy, look the other way a moment, step into the other room?
Melanie Stryder : [voice speaking only to Wanda] You wish.
Wanderer/Wanda : I don't think that's possible right now.
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Wanderer/Wanda : [after Melanie says to jump off the balcony, afraid] I can't.
Melanie Stryder : [voice] It's a good thing I can.
[forces them to jump]
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Ian O'Shea : I like you, Wanda.
Wanderer/Wanda : [smiling] I like you too, Ian.
Melanie Stryder : You did *not* say that.
Ian O'Shea : No, not- not like that.
[runs his hand along her arm]
Melanie Stryder : Get his hands off me. This can't work. What are you doing?
Ian O'Shea : Let me guess: you're of 2 minds about it.
[she nods]
Ian O'Shea : This about Jared?
Melanie Stryder : Yes, it's about Jared!
Wanderer/Wanda : Melanie's in love with him.
Ian O'Shea : And you?
Melanie Stryder : Tell him.
[beat]
Melanie Stryder : Tell him!
Wanderer/Wanda : This body loves him. Since it is now my body... so do I.
[after a silence]
Wanderer/Wanda : But I also have feelings of my own.
Melanie Stryder : No you don't!
