Meek's Cutoff (2010)

Michelle Williams: Emily Tetherow

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• Emily Tetherow : You don't know much about women, do you Stephen Meek?

  Stephen Meek : Well, I, I know somethin' or other.

  Emily Tetherow : If you say so.

  Stephen Meek : Well, I know women are different from men. I know that much. Well, I'll tell you the difference if you care to hear.

  Emily Tetherow : I don't doubt you will.

  Stephen Meek : Women, women are created on the principle of chaos. The chaos of creation, disorder, bringing new things into the world. Men are created on the principle of destruction. It's like cleansing, ordering, destruction.

• Emily Tetherow : [starting breakfast before sunrise]  Workin' like niggers, once again.

• Stephen Meek : Who knows what's over that hill? Could be water. Could be an army of heathens.

  Emily Tetherow : Could be.

  Stephen Meek : Well, maybe you'd like to wager. Water or blood.

  Emily Tetherow : I'll leave the wagering to men like you.

  Stephen Meek : Don't think you ain't wagering. And you don't even know what cards you got.

• Emily Tetherow : I don't blame him for not knowing. I blame him for saying he did.