The Quiet (2005)

Camilla Belle: Dot

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• [last lines] 

  Dot : [voice-over]  I used to fantasise that when I died, there wouldn't be a funeral. Having led my life invisibly, *no one* would come to mourn. But being invisible isn't worth it in the end... because when you're invisible, other people may not see you... but you can't help seeing other people.

• Dot : One day, we wake up and we realize the world sucks. We suck for being in it and we run away. Anything but to face ourselves as we are. Anything to avoid asking why we hate ourselves so much.

• Dot : They say that the truth can set you free, that's a lie. The truth is lies can protect us. Lies keep us safe from the truth.

• Dot : I used to hold my breath under water for long periods at a time. My father took me to the YMCA Saturday mornings. Submerged in the pool I heard nothing but my own heartbeat echoing against the water. I would've stayed underwater forever if my father hadn't been waiting for me in the bleachers by the diving pool. When someone is waiting for you, you have to come up for air.

• [first lines] 

  Dot : [narrating]  All I wanted was to be invisible. It was a simple request. It didn't involve anyone else. When I was in a room with another person, I felt like I was only half there. When I was in a room with two other people, I felt like a third of myself. When I was in a room with three other people, I felt like a quarter of myself. And when I was in a whole crowd of people, I felt like nobody.

• Dot : Shut up! Shut up! Leave her alone! Stop! Shut up!