: That's it! See, at first I thought it was hate, too. Hate was all I knew, it built my world, it imprisoned me, taught me how to eat, how to drink, how to breathe. I thought I'd die with all my hate in my veins. But then something happened. It happened to me... just as it happened to you. Evey Hammond : Shut up! I *don't* want to hear your lies! V : Your own father said that artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself. Evey Hammond : No. V : What was true in that cell is just as true now. What you felt in there has nothing to do with me. Evey Hammond : I can't feel *anything* anymore! V : Don't run from it, Evey. You've been running all your life. Evey Hammond : [ gasps ] I can't... can't breathe. Asthma... asthma! When I was little... [ V reaches out his hand, Evey grabs it, they fall to the ground together ] V : Listen to me, Evey. This may be the most important moment of your life. Commit to it. [ Evey continues sobbing ] V : They took your parents from you. They took your brother from you. [ Evey groans ] V : They put you in a cell and took everything they could take except your life. And you believed that was all there was,