The Miracle Worker2000

[James Keller comes to escort Annie back to the big house]

James Keller:
May I escort you?

Anne Sullivan:
I'm not very good company right now.

James Keller:
Well, I didn't come to keep you company. I came to keep you from getting lost in the dark.

Anne Sullivan:
[stiffly] Maybe that is just what I was looking to do.

James Keller:
[smiles understandingly] Are you feeling sorry for yourself, Miss Sullivan?

Anne Sullivan:
Just this once. Yes. [She smiles, and gestures with her head that she will walk with him]

James Keller:
My father has a great respect for you. That's not easily earned. He fought at Vicksburg; he edits a newspaper.

Anne Sullivan:
And he's always daring you to measure up.

James Keller:
If you have any advice for me, I wouldn't mind hearing it.

Anne Sullivan:
I never really had a father, so I'm the last person to ask. But you've got to stand up to the world. That's all I know.

Anne Sullivan:
Well, what if he's the world?

Anne Sullivan:
Then you can just look around, James, and see how much bigger it really is. He's a man, James, that's all. So are you.