Wild Strawberries (1957)
Bibi Andersson: Sara, Hitchhiker
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Quotes
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Cousin Sara : [During one of Professor Borg's dreams] As professor emeritus, you ought to know why it hurts. But you don't know. You know so much, and you don't know anything.
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Sara : Good-bye, father Isak. Can't you see you're the one I love? Today, tomorrow and forever
Isak Borg : I'll keep that in mind
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Anders : Ah, when creation shows so much beauty, how radiant must be the source!
Hitch Hiking Sara : [to the Professor and Marianne] He is going to be a minister and Anders a doctor.
Viktor : Reciting poetry is against our agreement not to discuss God or science on the trip.
Hitch Hiking Sara : It was beautiful.
Viktor : How can anyone today study to become a minister!
Anders : Your rationalism is as dry as dust.
Viktor : I say that modern man...
Anders : I say that...
Viktor : Believes in only himself and his biological death.
Anders : Modern man is a figment of your imagination. Man regards death with horror.
Viktor : Religion for the people. Opium for the aching limb.
Hitch Hiking Sara : How *sweet* they both are! I always believe with the one I spoke to last.
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Hitch Hiking Sara : I can't think of anything worse than growing old.
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Hitch Hiking Sara : [a man studing to be a minister and another studying science return from a fight] Well, does God exist?
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Cousin Sara : [to Sigfrid, after he's kissed her] I'm so sad! You've hurt me so! You've made a bad woman of me. At any rate, *nearly*. I never want to see you again, at least not before brunch.
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Professor Isak Borg : I lived here once. Two hundred years ago.
Hitch Hiking Sara : Oh, yeah?
Professor Isak Borg : Is that your car up at the gate?
Hitch Hiking Sara : Yes, that's my car.
Professor Isak Borg : Looks antique.
Hitch Hiking Sara : Yes, it's antique, like its owner.
Hitch Hiking Sara : So you have self-irony too. That's fantastic.
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Hitch Hiking Sara : My name's Sara. Silly name, isn't it?
Professor Isak Borg : My name's Isak. It's silly too.
Hitch Hiking Sara : Weren't they married?
Professor Isak Borg : No, unfortunately. That was Abraham and Sara.
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Hitch Hiking Sara : I'd better tell you I'm a virgin. That's why I'm so cheeky. And I smoke a pipe.
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Professor Isak Borg : Which one do you like best?
Hitch Hiking Sara : I don't know. Anders is going to be a minister - He's a darling.
[sighs]
Hitch Hiking Sara : But, a minister's wife - Viktor's nice too. In a different way. Viktor will go far, of course.
Professor Isak Borg : What do you mean?
Hitch Hiking Sara : A doctor earns more money. And ministers are out of date. Though he has got nice legs and a sweet neck. But how *can* anyone believe in God?
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Cousin Sara : [Last lines] Isak, there are no wild strawberries left. Auntie wants you to look for your Papa. We'll sail around and meet you at the other side of the island.
Professor Isak Borg : I can't find either Papa or Mama.
Cousin Sara : Come, I'll help you.
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Cousin Sara : Have you looked in the mirror, Isak? Then I'll show you what you look like.
[She holds up a mirror]
Cousin Sara : You're a worried old man who's soon going to die, but I have all my life before me. That hurt your feelings, after all.
Professor Isak Borg : No, it didn't hurt.
Cousin Sara : Yes, it hurt because you can't bear the truth. The truth is that I've been too considerate. And so became unintentionally cruel.
Professor Isak Borg : I... understand.
Cousin Sara : No, you don't understand. We don't speak the same language. Look in the mirror again. No, don't turn away.
Professor Isak Borg : I see.
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Sigfrid Borg : Good morning, sweet cousin. What are you doing?
Cousin Sara : Picking strawberries, silly. Can't you see?
Sigfrid Borg : And who shall be favored with these delicious berries picked in the early morn by a lovely young woman?
Cousin Sara : Nonsense. You know quite well that it's Uncle Aron's name day today. I forgot to make a present. So he'll get a basket of wild strawberries instead.
