Jan Rubeš Quotes

Rachel Lapp He's leaving, isn't he?

Eli Lapp Tomorrow morning. He'll need his city clothes.

Rachel Lapp But why? What does he have to go back to?

Eli Lapp He's going back to his world, where he belongs. He knows it, and you know it, too.

Eli Lapp You never had your hands on a teat before.

John Book Not one this big.

Eli Lapp This gun of the hand is for the taking of human life. We believe it is wrong to take a life. That is only for God. Many times wars have come and people have said to us: you must fight, you must kill, it is the only way to preserve the good. But Samuel, there's never only one way. Remember that. Would you kill another man?

Samuel Lapp I would only kill the bad man.

Eli Lapp Only the bad man. I see. And you know these bad men by sight? You are able to look into their hearts and see this badness?

Samuel Lapp I can see what they do. I have seen it.

Eli Lapp And having seen you become one of them? Don't you understand? What you take into your hands, you take into your heart. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing. Go and finish your chores now.

Samuel Lapp Yes Groflvater.

Eli Lapp What you take into your hand, you take into your heart.

Jan For breakfast, my specialty: Jan's has-

Gordon and Charlie -enpfeffer and eggs.

Jan Ja.

Gordon Thought I'd smelled something burning.

Jan I see you've met my new apprentice.

Charlie Jan told me you did this job when you were my age.

Gordon That's right, and I hope he pays you more than he paid me.

Charlie You got paid?

Jan Eat everybody, before the hasenpfeffer gets cold.

Gordon Hans couldn't make it?

Jan Now don't get me started with that strudel-head. He went back to the old country for the summer, left me to run the shop all by myself. He wanted to see our mother. She loved him more, you know.