September 21, 2007 | Add Comment
From The Silent Flute
- The Blind Man: A fish saved my life once.
- Cord, The Seeker: How?
- The Blind Man: I ate him.
September 19, 2007 | Add Comment
From Fahrenheit 451
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Captain: What does Montag do with his day off, do you think?
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Montag: Not very much, sir. Mow the lawn.
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Captain: And what if the law forbids that?
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Montag: Just watch it grow, sir.
September 13, 2007 | Add Comment
From Reuben, Reuben
- Gowan McGland:Am I correct in assuming that you’re one of that endangered species…the native New Englander?
- Frank Spofford:I’m the most displaced of all displaced persons—your native son in a modern town. And, can you believe it, I got displaced by staying put. I saw this town where I was born grow from 1800 neighbors to 20,000 strangers…all of ‘em swarming in from New York or thereabouts. Look there. That’s where they live, and in other subdivisions with names like “Orchard View” and “Vineyard Haven.” All of them named, god help me, for the woods and the vineyards and the apple trees they bulldozed out of existence to make way for the new culture.
September 8, 2007 | Add Comment
From Contact
- Ellie Arroway:You know, there are 400 billion stars out there just in our galaxy alone. If only one out of a million of those had planets, and if just one out of a million of those had life, and if just one out of a million of those had intelligent life, there would be literally millions of civilizations out there.
- Palmer Joss:Well, if there wasn’t, it’d be an awful waste of space.
- Ellie Arroway:Amen.
September 7, 2007 | Add Comment
From Casablanca
- Rick:If it’s December 1941 in Casablanca, what time is it in New York?
- Sam:What? My watch stopped.
September 3, 2007 | Add Comment
From The Mothman Prophecies
- John Klein: Last week my friend got a strange phone call…from an entity…a spirit, whatever. It seemed to know everything.
- Alexander Leek: Like God? It made predictions that came true?
- John Klein: Yes. His name was Indrid Cold.
- Alexander Leek: It’s perception,John. They appear differently to everyone. A voice, a light, a man, a monster. If your friend thinks it’s God he spoke to, he’s off by more than a few degrees.
- John Klein: Then how do you explain that it knows everything?
- Alexander Leek: Look at that. If there was a car crash blocks away, that window washer could likely see it. That doesn’t mean he’s God…or even smarter than we are. But from where he’s sitting…he can see a little further down the road.
- John Klein: I think we can assume that…these entities are more advanced than us. Why don’t they just come right out and tell us what’s on their minds?
- Alexander Leek: You’re more advanced than a cockroach. Have you ever tried explaining yourself to one of them?
