The Quiet (2005)

Elisha Cuthbert: Nina Deer

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• Nina Deer : Michelle, take it down a notch, the whole world already knows you're a cunt.There's nothing left to prove.

• Nina Deer : I killed my goldfish when I was little, Dot. I had six of them, and I cut them in half with scissors.

  [...] 

  Nina Deer : I was braver when I was a kid.

• Nina Deer : Life sucks, Dot. I feel like I can tell you this. I feel like I can be honest because you can't hear. Or can you? Look at you, eating your sandwich like a piglet while I talk. Strangely comforting... When I first met you, I mean, when you first moved in, I hated you. I hated your face, your dumb blank stare. But now that I feel like I know you again, that's all changed. It's so nice to know there's someone whose life sucks more than mine.

  [whispers] 

  Nina Deer : I'm gonna kill my dad, Dot. Tonight. I hate him, you know. I hate him and I love him. I hate it when he won't let me go out with my friends, but I love it when he *fucks* me. I hate it when he fucks me too, though. See how that works? Doesn't make any sense.

  [stops whispering, speaks quietly] 

  Nina Deer : He likes it when I bite on his nipples though. I stick the tip of his nipple between my teeth... and I rub my tongue back and forth on it, like a windshield wiper.

  [emulates with Dot's finger] 

  Nina Deer : Drives him wild. I made him cum once just by sucking on his nipples. I didn't even need to touch his dick once. I love that I can tell you this shit, cause it's like it's off my chest, but it's still a secret, you know? Michelle's dad's got a gun. I know where it is. But I figure it'd be too gross. You know, with Mom's decorating and all. Although she's probably already joining Judy Garland and Marylin Monroe in Pill Popper's Paradise. Just like an E True Maradin story. I'm gonna do it late. Mom won't wake up, nah. You can't hear. It'll just be me, my daddy, and a bullet. Michelle's gonna steal it for me this afternoon.

  [slams hand on table] 

  Nina Deer : Pow...

• Nina Deer : [explaining to her friends about Dot being deaf]  I don't know, I bet it'd be harder to lose something then never having had it at all.

  Michelle Fell : Okay, Deepak Chopra Winfrey, thanks for the life lesson.

• Nina Deer : You know, it's so good you can't hear, Dot. Otherwise you'd be like... an accomplice.

• Nina Deer : I had a pop quiz in history today. Got a B minus.

  Paul Deer : Aw, that's bad.

  Nina Deer : Michelle got a C. The least you can do is say something supportive.

  Paul Deer : Your hair is getting so long. And so soft.

  Nina Deer : Thanks, Daddy.

  [cranes up her neck to kiss him] 

• Nina Deer : [offering her stepsister one of her mother's prescribed pills]  Hey, come here. Take it.

  [Dot just stares at her] 

  Nina Deer : It's great! Socially acceptable, legalised heroin.

  [Dot just stares] 

  Nina Deer : My Mom won't notice.

  [Dot turns away] 

  Nina Deer : Pussy.

  [drinks it herself] 

• Paul Deer : You're not Michelle.

  Connor : [scoffs]  No, I'm not.

  Paul Deer : Who are you?

  Connor : I'm Connor.

  Paul Deer : [to Nina]  You never told us about... Connor, Nina. Why the big secret?

  Nina Deer : He came for Dot.

  Olivia Deer : What are you gonna do with her?

  Connor : Oh, uh, we're lab partners. In biology.

• Nina Deer : [Dot discards the dress]  You don't like it? Dot, you can't go to the dance like this.

  [shakes her head] 

  Nina Deer : You look like you should be pumping gas. What about Connor? He's totally hot for you.

  [shakes her head as she begets only silence] 

  Nina Deer : You are a major enigma, Dot. I don't know how you do it.

  [shakes her head] 

  Nina Deer : You wanna let me in on your secret?

  [Dot doesn't answer, just goes on her way]