Disgrace

[first lines]

Professor David Lurie:
I haven't heard from my daughter.

Soraya:
Still living with a woman.

Professor David Lurie:
Yes, still a lesbian. Still on the farm. She thinks it's safe there.

Soraya:
No where's safe. Too many people with nothing to do but cause trouble. How's work?

Professor David Lurie:
They look through me when I speak. Forget my name.

Soraya:
There's no respect anymore. Have you missed me?

Professor David Lurie:
I miss you all the time.

Professor David Lurie:
A woman's beauty does not belong to her alone, it's part of the bounty she brings into the world. She has a duty to share it.

Melanie Isaacs:
What if I already shared?

Professor David Lurie:
Then you should share it more widely.

Professor David Lurie:
The one who comes to teach learns the keenest of lessons, those who come to learn learn nothing.

Petrus:
You say it is bad what happened. I also say it is bad, but now it is finished.

Professor David Lurie:
It's not finished. It will go on long after I'm dead and you're dead.

Professor David Lurie:
How humiliating, to invite this.

Lucy:
Yes, I agree.

Professor David Lurie:
Like a dog.

Lucy:
Yes, like a dog.

[last lines]

Lucy:
Will you come in for some tea?

Professor David Lurie:
[agreeing]