Dr. Stephen Strange : I'm gonna have to vanish now.Christine Palmer : What?Dr. Stephen Strange : Keep me alive, will you?
Christine Palmer : Hey. It's OK. It's gonna be OK.Dr. Stephen Strange : Wha... What did they do?Christine Palmer : They... rushed you in a chopper. But it took a little while to find you. The golden hours for nerve damage went by while you were in the car.Dr. Stephen Strange : What... did they do?Christine Palmer : Eleven stainless steel pins in the bones. Multiple torn ligaments... severe nerve damage in both hands. You were on the table for eleven hours.Dr. Stephen Strange : Look at these fixators.Christine Palmer : No one could have done better.Dr. Stephen Strange : I could have done better.
I once stood in your place. And I, too, was... disrespectful. So, might I offer you some advice? Forget everything you think you know.
The Ancient One : You cannot beat a river into submission; you have to surrender to its current, and use its power as your own.Dr. Stephen Strange : I control it by surrendering control? That doesn't make any sense.The Ancient One : Not everything does. Not everything has to. Your intellect has taken you far in life, but it will take you no further. Surrender, Stephen.