The Girl with All the Gifts * Quotes

"Once upon a time there was a woman, the most beautiful and amazing woman in all the world. One day she was attacked by a monster, but then a girl came running up and killed it. But the woman said, 'You are my special girl and I'll never let you go'."

Melanie: "What am I?"
Helen Justineau: "Hope."
Dr. Caldwell: "That's what you are."

"I just want to live, everyone wants that."

Melanie: "Hey, Dr. Caldwell."
Dr. Caldwell: "Hello, Melanie."

[all the children in the classroom are buckled into a wheelchair]
Helen Justineau: "Morning class."
Children: "Good morning, Miss Justineau."

Helen Justineau: [about Melanie] "She saved me and you're still afraid of her?"
Sgt. Eddie Parks: "Yeah, and you should be too."

"I am producing a vaccine and she is the main ingredient."
[about Melanie]