Nomadland (2020)

Melissa Smith: Dolly

Quotes 

• Dolly : You know, when you were growing up, you were eccentric to other people. You maybe seemed weird, but it was just because you were braver and more honest than everybody else. And you could see me when I was hiding from everybody. And sometimes you could see me before I saw myself. I needed that in my life. And you are my sister. I would have loved having you around all these years. You left a big hole by leaving.

  Fern : That one's on me.

• Dolly : You know, I think that what the nomads are doing is not that different than what the pioneers did. I think Fern's part of an American tradition.

• Dolly : Why don't you move in with us?

  Fern : I can't live here. I can't live in this room. I can't sleep in this bed. Thank you, but I can't...

  Dolly : I know, we're not as interesting as the people you meet out there.

  Fern : That's not what I'm talkin' about.

  Dolly : No, that's what it is. It's always what's out there that's more interesting. You left home as soon as you could, you married Bo after just knowing him a few months, and then you moved to the middle of nowhere with him. And then even after Bo passed away, you still stayed in Empire. I just didn't get it. I mean, you could have left...

  Fern : Yeah. See, that's why I can't come here.