Tomorrow, When the War Began Quotes
When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely high school teenagers band together to fight.
Robyn Mathers: Uh, Fi. Why did you go into the river?
Fiona Maxwell: To get away from the snake ofcourse.
Ellie Linton: You do know that snakes can swim right?
Fiona Maxwell: No they cant.
Ellie Linton: Uh, yeah they can.
Fiona Maxwell: They don't have fins. They slither!
Corrie Mackenzie: They slither through water.
Fiona Maxwell: No they don't.
Homer Yannos: Well, what about sea snakes?
Fiona Maxwell: Oh my god! I could have died!
Fiona Maxwell: To get away from the snake ofcourse.
Ellie Linton: You do know that snakes can swim right?
Fiona Maxwell: No they cant.
Ellie Linton: Uh, yeah they can.
Fiona Maxwell: They don't have fins. They slither!
Corrie Mackenzie: They slither through water.
Fiona Maxwell: No they don't.
Homer Yannos: Well, what about sea snakes?
Fiona Maxwell: Oh my god! I could have died!
Ellie Linton: Do you remember how many hours we used to spend up here?
Corrie Mackenzie: You mean the tea parties?
Ellie Linton: We were so innocent back then. Now I, I feel like we were innocent right up until yesterday. God, we didn't believe in Santa Clause or anything like that. But no, we believed in other fantasies. We believed that we were safe. Guess that was the biggest fantasy of them all.
Corrie Mackenzie: You mean the tea parties?
Ellie Linton: We were so innocent back then. Now I, I feel like we were innocent right up until yesterday. God, we didn't believe in Santa Clause or anything like that. But no, we believed in other fantasies. We believed that we were safe. Guess that was the biggest fantasy of them all.
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Ellie Linton: We're not going to hold back. Recording it like this, it's um, it's so important to us. I guess it's our way of telling us that things matter. That we mean something. Maybe... some of the things we've done... The friends that we've lost, hopefully it all makes a difference somehow.
[regaining her composure]
Ellie Linton: There's only one way to do this. And that's to go back to where this all began.
Ellie Linton: We're not going to hold back. Recording it like this, it's um, it's so important to us. I guess it's our way of telling us that things matter. That we mean something. Maybe... some of the things we've done... The friends that we've lost, hopefully it all makes a difference somehow.
[regaining her composure]
Ellie Linton: There's only one way to do this. And that's to go back to where this all began.
Ellie Linton: A month ago, we were just an average bunch of teenagers, studying at school and complaining about our parents. Now were soldiers, trapped behind enemy lines and fighting to survive. But we wont run, we wont hide, we'll fight and keep fighting, we'll never give up until this war is finally won.
