The Light Between Oceans (2016)

Michael Fassbender: Tom Sherbourne

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• Isabel Graysmark : I can tell you lots about me. My mom taught me the piano.

  Tom Sherbourne : You still play?

  Isabel Graysmark : Not that well. My brothers used to tease me awfully when I played. I lost both of them - in the War. Just must be so confusing for my parents. I mean, if a wife loses a husband she becomes a widow, but if a parent loses a child there's no special label for it. You're still a mother or father. Even if you no longer have a child. Sometimes I wonder, if I'm still technically a sister now when my brothers are gone.

• Tom Sherbourne : One day, when you've got five kids running around getting under your feet, this'll all feel like a dream.

• Tom Sherbourne : She's a lovely baby, but she doesn't belong to us. We can't keep her.

• Tom Sherbourne : Sometimes it's good to leave the past in the past.

  Isabel Graysmark : So if I can't talk about the past, am I allowed to talk about the future?

  Tom Sherbourne : We can't rightly talk about the future if you think about it. We can only talk about what we imagine or wish for. It's not the same thing.

• Isabel Graysmark : Take me out to Janus with you.

  Tom Sherbourne : What?

  Isabel Graysmark : I want to see it. I want to see where you hide yourself away.

  Tom Sherbourne : I'm afraid that that would be against Commonwealth rules. The only woman allowed on Janus is the keeper's wife.

  Isabel Graysmark : Then marry me.

• Tom Sherbourne : Sometimes it's good to leave the past in the past...

• Isabel Graysmark : What do you wish for then?

  Tom Sherbourne : Life. That'll do me, I rekon.

• Tom Sherbourne : Sins catch up with you in the end...

• Tom Sherbourne : Do what you like to me. I'm not asking forgiveness. My wife, she had no choice. Show her some mercy.

• [first lines] 

  Tom Sherbourne : I'm just looking to get away from things for a little while.

  Mr. Coughlan : [sitting behind his desk]  Well, it's no paradise out on that island. Just want to make sure you know what you're in for.

  Tom Sherbourne : All due respect, Mr. Coughlan, it's not likely to be tougher than the Western Front.

  Mr. Coughlan : Oh, you're probably right about that. You pay your own passage to every posting. You're a relief worker so you don't get holidays. I understand you're a single man. No family. So, that's a slight concern. Wouldn't normally send a single man to Janus. It's pretty remote and wife and family can be a great practical help, not just a comfort. But, seeing it's only temporary, you leave for Port Partageuse in two days. From there you'll be shipped off to Janus. Welcome to Commonwealth Lighthouse Service. Proud to have a man who served our country with such distinction amongst our ranks.

• Sergeant Vernon Knuckey : If I ask you a question, you will answer it. Do you understand me?

  Tom Sherbourne : When you ask me a question, I will.