Atonement Quotes

Cecilia Tallis: I love you. I'll wait for you. Come back. Come back to me.


Robbie Turner: [voiceover] Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.


Briony - 18 years old: I am very, very sorry for the terrible distress that I have caused you. I am very, very sorry...


[Robbie has just broken a vase belonging to Cecilia's family]
Cecilia Tallis: You idiot... You realize that's probably the most valuable thing we own?
Robbie Turner: Not anymore it isn't.


Robbie Turner: Why are you crying?
Cecilia Tallis: Don't you know?
Robbie Turner: Yes, yes I know exactly.
[kisses her]