Queen of Katwe * Quotes

"In chess the small one can become the big one."
[Young girl showing Phiona how to play chess]

"Sometimes the place you are used to is not the place you belong. You belong where you believe you belong. Where is that for you?"
[to Phiona]

Chess Player: "None of your sneak attacks. This is not the ghetto."
Phiona: "I don't need to sneak. Checkmate."

Phiona: "Mama, can you do big things from such a small place?"
Harriet: "Don't think about such things."
Phiona: "Why not?"
Harriet: "You will be disappointed."

Harriet: "Are you my daughter?"
Phiona: "Yes, mama, I am."

Neighbor: "Hey, Phiona, how is your life?"
Phiona: "It is fine."

[watching through a whole in a wall as children take out a chess board to play]
Robert Katende: "Young girl, come inside. What is your name?"
Phiona: "Phiona."
[to one of the young girls]
Robert Katende: "Could you please show Phiona how to move the pieces?"