Barret OliverQuotes

Susan: You guys wanna go out to dinner?

David: Yeah.

Ben Luckett: No Italian food! Makes me fart!

Bastian: Why is it so dark?

The Childlike Empress: In the beginning, it is always dark.

Bastian: What is that?

The Childlike Empress: One grain of sand. It is all that remains of my vast empire.

Bastian: Fantasia has totally disappeared?

The Childlike Empress: Yes.

Bastian: Then... everything's been in vain.

The Childlike Empress: No, it hasn't. Fantasia can rise anew. From your dreams and wishes, Bastian.

Bastian: How?

The Childlike Empress: [places the grain in the palm of his hand] Open your hand. What are you going to wish for?

Bastian: I don't know...

The Childlike Empress: Then there will be no Fantasia anymore.

Bastian: How many wishes do I get?

The Childlike Empress: As many as you want. And the more wishes you make, the more magnificent Fantasia will become.

Bastian: Really?

The Childlike Empress: Try it.

Bastian: [starting to smile] Then my first wish is...

Bastian: YEAH! Falkor, it's even more beautiful than I thought!

Falkor: Like it?

Bastian: Falkor, it's wonderful! Falkor, it's like the Nothing never was!

The Childlike Empress: Atreyu, why do you look so sad?

Atreyu: I have failed you, Empress.

The Childlike Empress: No, you haven't. You brought him with you.

Atreyu: Who?

The Childlike Empress: The earthling child. The one who can save us all.

Atreyu: You knew about the earthling child?

The Childlike Empress: Of course. I knew everything.

Atreyu: My horse died! I nearly drowned. I just barely got away from the Nothing! For what?! To find out what you already knew?!

The Childlike Empress: It was the only way to get in touch with an earthling.

Atreyu: But I didn't get in touch with an earthling!

The Childlike Empress: Yes, you did. He has suffered with you. He went through everything you went through, and now he has come here, with you. He is very close, listening to every word we say.

Bastian: [confused] What?!

Atreyu: Where is he?! If he's so close, why doesn't he arrive?!

The Childlike Empress: He doesn't realize he's already a part of The NeverEnding Story.

Atreyu: The NeverEnding Story"?! What's that?!

The Childlike Empress: Just as he is sharing all your adventures, others are sharing his. They were with him when he hid from the boys in the bookstore.

Bastian: [cannot believe it] But that's impossible!

The Childlike Empress: They were with him when he took the book with the Auryn symbol on the cover, in which he's reading his own story, right now.

Bastian: [runs off and catches himself; goes back to the book] I can't believe it! They can't be talking about me.

Atreyu: What will happen when he doesn't appear?!

The Childlike Empress: [in a grave tone] Then our world will disappear, and so will I.

Atreyu: How could he let that happen?!

The Childlike Empress: He doesn't understand that he's the one who has the power to stop it. He simply can't imagine that one little boy could be that important.

Bastian: Is it really me? How could I make any difference?

Atreyu: MAYBE HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE HAS TO DO!!

Bastian: WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?!

The Childlike Empress: He has to give me a new name.

Atreyu: WHAT IF HE DOESN'T COME UP WITH THE RIGHT NAME?!

The Childlike Empress: He's already chosen it. He just has to call it out.

Atreyu: [now desperate and hysterical] WHERE IS HE?!?!?!? WHY ISN'T HE HERE?!?!?!

The Childlike Empress: He still does not have the confidence.

Bastian: [the Nothing continues to consume the tower and another quake from the Nothing kills Atreyu] But it's only a story, it's not real, it's only a story! ATREYU, NOOOO!!!

The Childlike Empress: [seeing Atreyu's death] ATREYU!

The Childlike Empress: [to Bastian] Don't you have the courage to save us, Bastian?

Bastian: [now scared and terrified] I WISH I COULD!!

The Childlike Empress: Why don't you do what you dream, Bastian?

Bastian: [on the verge of tears] BUT I CAN'T! I HAVE TO KEEP MY FEET ON THE GROUND!!

The Childlike Empress: [as the Ivory Tower is seconds away from being consumed by the nothing] Call my name! Please, call my name! BASTIAN, PLEASE!!! SAVE US!!!

Bastian: [finally giving in; climbs up to the window and yells at the storm] ALL RIGHT! I'LL DO IT! I'LL SAVE YOU!! I WILL DO WHAT I DREAM!!! MOONCHILD!!!!!!

Mr. Koreander: Are you still here? Didn't you hear what I said, boy?

Bastian: Um, I was...

Mr. Koreander: You're hiding, aren't you?

Bastian: No, I was...

Mr. Koreander: [[books] The video arcade is down the street. Here we just sell small rectangular objects. They're called ]. They require a little effort on your part, and make no "bee-beep-beeps". On your way, please.

Bastian: I know books! I have 186 of them at home.

Mr. Koreander: Aah, comic books.

Bastian: [[Treasure Island|''Treasure Island''; [James Fenimore Cooper#The Last of the Mohicans (1826)|''Last of the Mohicans''; [L. Frank Baum#The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)|''The Wizard of Oz''; [The Lord of the Rings|''Lord of the Rings''; [Jules Verne#Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870)|''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea''; [Edgar Rice Burroughs#Tarzan of the Apes (1912)|''Tarzan''] No, I've read ], ], ], ], ], ]...

Mr. Koreander: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... who are you running away from?

Bastian: Just some kids from school.

Mr. Koreander: Why?

Bastian: They wanna throw me in the garbage.

Mr. Koreander: Well, why don't you give em a good punch in the nose, hmm?

Bastian: [notices the book that Mr. Koreander was reading] Well, I don't know... What's that book about?

Mr. Koreander: Oh, this is something special.

Bastian: Well, what is it?

Mr. Koreander: Look, your books are safe. While you're reading them, you get to become Tarzan, or Robinson Crusoe.

Bastian: But that's what I like about em.

Mr. Koreander: Ah, but afterwards you get to be a little boy again.

Bastian: What do you mean?

Mr. Koreander: Listen. Have you ever been Captain Nemo, trapped inside your submarine, while the giant squid is attacking you?

Bastian: ...Yes.

Mr. Koreander: Weren't you afraid you couldn't escape?

Bastian: But it's only a story.

Mr. Koreander: That's what I'm talking about. The ones you read are safe.

Bastian: And that one isn't?

Mr. Koreander: Don't worry about it.

Bastian: But you just said it was...

Mr. Koreander: [closes the book] Forget about it. This book is not for you.

Bastian: I had another dream, Dad. About Mom.

Bastian's Father: [Bastian doesn't reply] I understand, son. But we have to get on with things, right? Bastian, we each have responsibilities. We can't let Mom's death be an excuse for not getting the old job done, right?

Bastian: Yeah.

Bastian's Father: Son, I think it's time you and I had a little talk. I got a call from your math teacher yesterday. She says that you were drawing horses in your math book.

Bastian: [crossing his fingers] Unicorns. They were unicorns.

Bastian's Father: What?

Bastian: Nothing.

Bastian's Father: She also says that you haven't been turning in your homework on time. And I'm very disappointed that you didn't even try out for the swimming team. As to those riding lessons you wanted, you say you love horses, and yet you seem to be afraid to get on a real one. Now Bastian, you're old enough to get your head down out of the clouds and start keeping both feet on the ground, right?

Bastian: Okay.

Bastian's Father: [smiles] Stop daydreaming. Start facing your problems. Okay?

Bastian: Okay.

Bastian: MOONCHILD!

Bastian: No, not again. No, not again!