How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Sabrina.
Quote #4
LINUS: A new product has been found, something of use to the world, so a new industry moves into an undeveloped area. Factories go up, machines are brought in, a harbor is dug, and you're in business. It's purely coincidental of course that people who never saw a dime before suddenly have a dollar, and barefooted kids wear shoes and have their teeth fixed and their faces washed. What's wrong with the kind of an urge that gives people libraries, hospitals, baseball diamonds and, uh, movies on a Saturday night?
Linus here claims that industrial progress, and his dreams of making oodles of money, are also dreams of generating jobs, economic expansion, and happiness for all. He doesn't talk about how he treats his workers, or possible pollution, or whether it's necessary for him to make so, so much money to stimulate production. Is this a dream of good for all? Or is it a dream justifying his pursuit of wealth and power? Clearly, you're supposed to end up thinking Linus is a good man. But is he? Or does that just make the dream of sugar plastic sweeter?
Quote #5
THOMAS: He's still David Larrabee, and you're still the chauffeur's daughter, and you're still reaching for the moon.
SABRINA: No, father. The moon's reaching for me.
"Reaching for the moon" means trying to get a dream that's way out of reach. Sabrina turns it around though, and suddenly she's the out-of-reach desirable thing that someone else dreams about. Objectification is usually seen as a bad thing, but Sabrina points out that it can be fun, and empowering, to be the object of someone else's dream, rather than always being the one doing the dreaming.