The OA (TV Series)

New Colossus (2016)

Brit Marling: Prairie Johnson

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• Prairie Johnson : I can tell you everything that I did wrong. I didn't eat when I was hungry. Didn't sleep when I was tired. Didn't get warm when I was cold. It made me weak. But the biggest mistake I made was believing that if I cast a beautiful net, I'd catch only beautiful things.

• [last lines] 

  Homer : [to Prairie in her plexiglass cage]  Okay, okay. Let me walk you through this, 'cause I know where your head's at. "This is not happening." It is. "This is a dream." You are wide awake. "Someone will find me. Why am I locked in a cage?" Well, you'll find out soon enough. Know this: It may be a while before he comes for you. And as you think about every step that led you here, you'll eventually realize it's no one's fault but your own. Your thoughts are gonna try to take you down. Don't let them. You'll find your freedom. In sleep. In your dreams. It's how we stay sane. What's your name?

  Prairie Johnson : Prairie. Prairie.

  Homer : My name is Homer.

• Nancy Johnson : We'll make her an American girl. Do you do you want to come live with us?

  Prairie Johnson : Yes, I'd like that.

  Nancy Johnson : Oh, your eyes are blue as the prairie sky. Prairie. That's what I'll call you.

• Prairie Johnson : If I couldn't see my father, maybe he could hear me. I would play my violin in the underground until he stepped off a train, heard my song, and came running. And do you know? My plan worked. But it wasn't my father who found me. It was another man. The man who would change my life.