Here’s a collection of quotes from the Netflix series, Dear Child (2023):
“I want to go home. To Miss Tinky. Or even better, to the seaside. Finally go on a trip again. To the seaside with mom.” – Hannah
- “I don’t want to wake up. Let me sleep.” – Lena / Jasmin Grass
- “We must not be found after all.” – Hannah
- “You don’t need friends if you are a happy family.” – Hannah
“Too much change. Too many stimuli. That’s not good for her.” – Dr. Hamstedt
“Her hand is over my ear. It creates a beautiful murmur. Like the sea.” – Hannah
“I hear everything. But I just lie here. Like a dead lump of meat.” – Lena / Jasmin Grass
“He creates day and night. Like God.” – Lena / Jasmin Grass
- “Those who whisper lie.” – Hannah
- “A gift is a gift. And taking it back is stealing.” – Hannah
- “He’s always with you.” – Hannah
“I’m a big girl. I did everything right. I remembered everything exactly.” – Hannah
“Happiness is a particularly favorable happenstance, a fortunate stroke of fate.” – Hannah
- “What does that feel like ‘happiness’?” – Jonathan
- “Snug.” – Hannah
- “Nice and warm.” – Jonathan
“Rules are important. If you follow them, everything’s fine. If you don’t follow them, you have to be punished.” – Hannah
“Love, it’s something similar to happiness. A feeling that’s warm.” – Hannah

Genre: Psychological-thriller, Mystery, Crime
Synopsis: A mysterious woman’s escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier.
Based on: the novel “Liebes Kind” by Romy Hausmann
No. of episodes: 6
Cast: Kim Riedle, Naila Schubert, Sammy Schrein, Hans Low, Haley Louise Jones, Justus Von Dohnรกnyi, Julika Jenkins
Writers: Isabel Kleefeld, Julian Pรถrksen
Director: Isabel Kleefeld
Original language: German
Original network: Netflix
Release date: September 7, 2023
Subtitle translation / Images: Netflix