Revelations (2005)

Natascha McElhone: Sister Josepha Montafiore

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• Sister Josepha Montefiore : "Father, why hast thou forsaken me?" Christ asked the same question.

  Richard : Did he get an answer?

  Sister Josepha Montefiore : Well, he wasn't a scientist so he knew that... some questions have none.

• Richard : Can I ask you something? Why did you become a nun? A young woman, attractive, her whole life ahead of her. Giving up having babies, knowing men, going to parties. Never a temptation? Never a regret?

  Sister Josepha Montefiore : Regret, never. But, um, temptation, always. This is the essence of consciousness. Consciousness being awareness of choice, choice between good and evil, which is the essence of temptation.

  Richard : Boy, you know how to discourage idle chatter.

• Sister Josepha Montefiore : I'd like to wear something red sometime.

  Richard : Oh, you'll burn at the stake for that one.

• Cardinal La Veigh : If it weren't for Torvald Ecklind shielding you, you'd be excommunicated.

  [pause] 

  Cardinal La Veigh : Do you have anything to say?

  Sister Josepha Montefiore : May God grant him a long life. And you as well. So that you shall have to deal with *me* till the end of *your* days.

• Sister Josepha Montefiore : The pain we feel at the loss of a loved one is a testimony to the power of human love.

  Sister Josepha Montefiore : We couldn't hurt this much, if we didn't love this much.