Three Thousand Years of Longing Quotes

Three Thousand Years of Longing Quotes

If you have some favorite Three Thousand Years of Longing Quotes you want added to this list leave your line below. There are lines in the movie that aren’t only in English but in Ancient Greek as well. This post contains affiliate links.

• “My name is Alithea, my story is true.”- Alithea (Tilda Swinton)
• “He scuttled off when we arrived.”- Alithea
• “So, professor, you believe in Djinn?”-Alithea
• “Lately, my imagination is getting the best of me.”- Alithea
• “If there is fate, can we escape it?”- Alithea
• “I don’t suppose you speak English?”- Alithea
• “You speak the Greek of Homer?”- The Djinn (Idris Elba)
• “There are laws that can never be broken.”- The Djinn
• “What is this small human?”- The Djinn

• “It is science. Television.”- Alithea
• “Is that your wish?”- The Djinn
  “No, it is your obligation.”- Alithea
• “And yet, I am here.”- The Djinn
• “I may be a Djinn, but I am also a fool.”- The Djinn
• “She was not beautiful. She was beauty herself.”- The Djinn
• “Djinn don’t sleep.”- The Djinn
• “I dare say I’m content.”- Alithea
• “I find feelings through stories.”- Alithea
• “What if I made no wish?”- Alithea
• “The terrible plotting move all too quickly.”- The Djinn
• “No wish was made to save us both.”- The Djinn

• “Hope is a monster, Alithea.”- The Djinn
• “War had truly rotted his soul.”- The Djinn
• “Seems we cannot escape each other.”- Alithea
• “You say that you and I are true authors of this story.”- Alithea
• “You mock me.”- The Djinn
• “Don’t goad me.”- Alithea
• “It delighted me to fulfill this wish.”- The Djinn

During the movie, there are lines that are spoken in Ancient Greek.  To get those three thousand years of longing Greek translated then you can always watch the movie with Greek Subtitles.  We found out that Amazon doesn’t offer subtitles.  When we determine what is being said we will let you know. If you do know, leave a comment below.

We haven’t tried a Greek-to-English audio converter to get what the lines being said in Greek mean.  Please try watching it today on Amazon Prime and if you translate it, let us know.

About the Movie:

Be sure to check our Three Thousand Years of Longing review.

Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic – content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.

This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real, and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually, she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.

Now playing in theaters!  Watch the trailer below!