The Whales of August (1987)
Lillian Gish: Sarah Webber
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Quotes
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Tisha Doughty : Well, I've been thinking for a long time, you should ask Anna to take Libby.
Sarah Webber : [shaking her head] She wouldn't.
Tisha Doughty : Oh, why not? She has plenty of money. She'll see that her mother is well cared for.
[long pause by Sarah]
Tisha Doughty : [sighing] Well Sarah, you know what Harry Truman said.
Sarah Webber : What.
Tisha Doughty : Well, if the buck is going to be passed, it may as well be passed to somebody with plenty of them.
Sarah Webber : He never said that.
Tisha Doughty : [laughing] Of course he didn't.
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Sarah Webber : Passion and truth: that's all we need.
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[last lines]
Libby Strong : Can you see them?
Sarah Webber : The whales have all gone.
Libby Strong : You can't never tell. You can't never tell.
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Sarah Webber : It must take great courage to go on alone.
Mr. Maranov : No, not courage, my dear, nothing so heroic as that. Merely a considerable investment of will.
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Libby Strong : What are you doing?
Sarah Webber : I'm dusting.
Libby Strong : Busy, busy, busy. Always busy. I wish we were in my house in Philadelphia.
Sarah Webber : Oh, but it's so hot in Philadelphia now.
Libby Strong : I like the heat. It keeps you from being so busy.
Sarah Webber : Well, dear, this is Maine... and this is my house... and somebody has to keep it tidy.
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Mr. Maranov : I have once again been set adrift.
Sarah Webber : Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Maranov.
Mr. Maranov : Oh, you needn't be, my dear. I have often been adrift - but I have always stayed afloat.
Sarah Webber : But all these years, what have you done?
Mr. Maranov : [pauses to reflect] I have spent my life... visiting friends.
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Sarah Webber : Oh, I couldn't burden you with my troubles.
Tisha Doughty : [scoffs] Half of life is troubles, Sarah. The other half's gettin' over 'em.
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Mr. Maranov : Your sister is a remarkable woman. She does not make small talk.
Sarah Webber : She's unforgivable.
Mr. Maranov : No, I should not have intruded on you this morning.
Sarah Webber : Nonsense.
Mr. Maranov : No, truth. Huh huh. No, I was following an instinct of many years and your very astute sister recognized it. I have once again been set adrift.
Sarah Webber : Oh, I'm sorry Mr. Maranov.
Mr. Maranov : Oh, you needn't be my dear. I have often been adrift, but I have always stayed afloat.
Sarah Webber : But, all these years, what have you done?
Mr. Maranov : [pauses to contemplate] I have spent my life... visiting friends.
Sarah Webber : Oh, you've been free - I envy you.
Mr. Maranov : [laughing] I have found you out: you are a romanticist.
Sarah Webber : Do you think one can live too long?
Mr. Maranov : Life can never be too long.
Sarah Webber : Even if one outlives one's time?
Mr. Maranov : One's time is all one's time, even to the end.
[motions/looks to the beach and ocean]
Mr. Maranov : You see out there, how the moon casts its silver coins along the shore? There is a treasure that can *never* be spent... Well, I must be on my way.
Sarah Webber : Will I see you in the morning?
Mr. Maranov : No, I think it is better if you do not. You have given me an evening of rare pleasure Mrs. Webber, and I shall treasure its memory.
Sarah Webber : Well, you will always be my welcome guest.
Mr. Maranov : Sleep well my dear... you have your rendezvous with the Leviathans, and it would not do to keep them waiting.
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Sarah Webber : Do you think one can live too long?
Mr. Maranov : Life can never be too long.
Sarah Webber : Even if one outlives one's time?
Mr. Maranov : One's time is all one's time, even to the end. You see out there, how the moon casts its silver treasures along the shore? There is a treasure that can *never* be spent.
