Dialogue from "The Matrix"
Morpheus and
Neo have just met for the first time. They sit across from one another
in cracked, burgundy- leather chairs.
MORPHEUS I imagine, right now, you must be feeling
a bit like
NEO You could say that.
MORPHEUS I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up.
A smile,
razor-thin, curls the corner of his lips.
MORPHEUS Ironically, this is not far from the truth. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
...
MORPHEUS We are trained in this world to accept only what is rational and logical. Have you ever wondered why?
Neo shakes his head.
MORPHEUS As children, we do not separate the possible from the impossible which is why the younger a mind is the easier it is to free while a mind like yours can be very difficult.
NEO Free from what?
MORPHEUS From the Matrix.
Neo locks at his eyes but only sees a reflection of himself.
MORPHEUS Do you want to know what it is, Neo?
Neo swallows and nods his head.
MORPHEUS It's that feeling you have had all your life. That feeling that something was wrong with the world. You don't know what it is but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad, driving you to me. But what is it?
The LEATHER
CREAKS as he leans back.
MORPHEUS The Matrix is everywhere, it's all around us, here even in this room. You can see it out your window, or on your television. You feel it when you go to work, or go to church or pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
NEO What truth?
MORPHEUS That you are a slave, Neo. That you, like everyone else, was born into bondage... ... kept inside a prison that you cannot smell, taste, or touch. A prison for your mind.
Outside, the
WIND BATTERS a loose PANE of glass.
MORPHEUS Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.
Morpheus in "The Matrix"