Scarlet — Innocence Movie

"I know," Scarlet said. "I've always known. You didn't run to God. You ran from the police. And the peace you feel isn't grace. It's just the absence of fear."

And Agatha? She stayed. Not because she was holy. Not because she had found peace. But because she had found something better: the simple, terrible freedom of knowing exactly what she was. scarlet innocence movie

"You're home," Agatha said. And she did not know if she was lying. "I know," Scarlet said

But his eyes kept darting to Scarlet, who sat in the back pew, her hands folded, her gray eyes reflecting the frozen flames of the Advent wreath. You ran from the police

She reached out and took the seventh jar from Scarlet's unresisting fingers.

Scarlet tilted her head. For the first time, she smiled. It was a terrible smile—too wide, too knowing, the smile of something that had been watching humanity since before the first altar was built.

She reached out. Her hand was small, warm, utterly human. She touched Agatha's cheek.