The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water

Strickland: [to Zelda] Now, do ya know what that particular story means, for us Delilah?
[Zelda shakes her head]
Strickland: It means if you know somethin' you're not tellin' me, you're gonna tell me.

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The Shape of Water

Zelda: [cleaning the men's room] There's pee freckles on the ceiling now! How'd they get it up there? Just how big a target do they need, you figure? They get enough practice, that's for sure.

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The Shape of Water

Giles: Oh God! It's not even human.

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The Shape of Water

Strickland: [to Zelda] Where is it?
Brewster Fuller: Listen - fella...
Strickland: SIT DOWN!
[Brewster drops back into the chair]

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The Shape of Water

Giles: Get him out? What are you talking about? No! Absolutely not!

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The Shape of Water

Hoffstetler: Sir, we need to get him back in the water.

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The Shape of Water

[from trailer]
Hoyt: Their only concern is the asset.
Strickland: The Soviets want it.
Hoyt: Do you have it?
Strickland: Sir, I'm getting it back.

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The Shape of Water

Hoffstetler: When will you release him?
Zelda: [interpreting Elisa] Soon. When the rain fills the canal that flows to the sea.
[Elisa nods]

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The Shape of Water

Hoyt: [to Strickland] Thirty-six hours from now, this entire episode will be over. And so will you. Our universe will have a hole in it, with your outline. And you will have moved on. To - an alternate universe. A universe of shit. You'll be lost to civilization, and you will be unborn, unmade, and undone.

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The Shape of Water

Strickland: [to Zelda] That story about Samson: I never told you how it ends. After the Philistines torture him, and blind him, Samson asks God for the strength he needs. And at the last minute he is spared. And the Lord gives him his strength back! One last time. And - he holds the columns of the temple with his powerful arms, and he crushes 'em. And he brings the whole building

down on the Philistines. HE dies, but he gets every single one of those motherfuckers! That is his WILL!
[punches the wall behind Zelda]
Strickland: Now, do ya know what that particular story means, for us Delilah?
[Zelda shakes her head]
Strickland: It means if you know somethin' you're not tellin' me, you're gonna tell me. Either

before, or after, I bring this particular temple down upon our heads.

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The Shape of Water

Giles: [shows Elisa his artwork] Ta-dah. That's not bad, is it?
[chuckles; Elisa shakes her head]
Giles: For being shit!
[giggles]
Elisa: [in sign language] It's not shit.
Giles: Ah - listen: You eat, you go to bed, you rest...
[grabs jacket]
Giles: And when I - get

paid...
[sighs and does a twirl; pause]
Giles: We get pie.
Elisa: [in sign language] Nothing for me.
Giles: No, we don't get pie. I get pie! You get whatever you want!
[laughing]
Giles: Hahhh.
[gently touches her face]
Giles: Wish me luck.

Elisa: [in sign language] Good luck.
[Alice Faye singing on TV: "Then I have only this to say..."; Giles looks back and smiles]

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The Shape of Water

Strickland: [to Elisa] Look don't touch. That lovely dingus right there is an Alabama howdy-do. Molded grip handle, low-current high-voltage electric shock cattle prod. Name's Strickland, Security.