Arrival quotes

We're so bounded by time, by its order. But now I am not so sure I believe in beginnings and endings.

Louise Banks

Louise Banks: Let's say that I taught them Chess instead of English. Every conversation would be a game. Every idea expressed through opposition, victory, defeat. You see the problem? If all I ever gave you was a hammer...
Colonel Weber: Everything's a nail.

Colonel Weber, Louise Banks

"Language is the foundation of civilization. It is the glue that holds a people together. It is the first weapon drawn in a conflict."

Ian Donnelly