"The extraordinary story of an ordinary life."
Director: Clint Bentley
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Nathaniel Arcand, Clifton Collins Jr., John Diehl
Train Dreams — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
I didn't think you'd be home this soon. / I just couldn't stop walking until I got here.
Context
Robert returns unexpectedly from a distant logging camp after hiking through the wilderness to see his wife and child.
Meaning
Captures the depth of Robert’s devotion and the magnetic pull of home against the exhausting transience of his work.
Sometimes the sadness feels like it could eat you alive, and sometimes it feels like it is happening to someone else.
Context
Delivered over scenes of Robert surviving alone through long Pacific Northwest winters after the devastating wildfire.
Meaning
A definitive articulation of the film’s theme of dissociative, long-term grief and quiet survival.
You better hold on to something.
Context
Spoken to an elderly Robert as the small airplane prepares to lift off above the mountains and forests.
Meaning
A resonant double entendre that prompts Robert to mentally hold on to the memories, faces, and moments that defined his earthly existence.
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