15 quotes
The Duality of Existence
Nobody
Every night and every morn, some to misery are born. Every morn and every night, some are born to sweet delight. Some are born to sweet delight; some are born to endless night.
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The Significance of Firearms in America
Thel Russell
Watch it. It's loaded.
William Blake
Why do you have this?
Thel Russell
Because this is America.
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Traded Goods and Lost Items
William Blake
Do you still have my eyeglasses?
Nobody
No, I traded them. Do you have any tobacco?
William Blake
No, I traded it.
Nobody
For what?
William Blake
I'm not telling.
Nobody
Liar.
William Blake
Thief.
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Departure and Return of the Spirit
William Blake
Hello.
Nobody
I prepared your canoe with cedar boughs. It's time for you to leave now, William Blake. Time for you to go back where you came from.
William Blake
You mean Cleveland?
Nobody
Back to the place where all the spirits came from, and where all the spirits return. This world will no longer concern you.
William Blake
Found some tobacco.
[shows Nobody a reel of tobacco]
Nobody
That tobacco is for your voyage... William Blake.
William Blake
Nobody... I don't smoke.
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Confrontation of Faith and Damnation
Trading Post missionary
God damn your soul to the fires of Hell!
William Blake
He already has.
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Reflections on Movement and Perspective
Train fireman
Look out the window. And doesn't this remind you of when you were in the boat, and then later than night, you were lying, looking up at the ceiling, and the water in your head was not dissimilar from the landscape, and you think to yourself, "Why is it that the landscape is moving, but the boat is still?
Conway Twill
I'll tell you one thing: if that there Blake fella keeps on shootin marshals, I might end up liking the bastard!
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A Call to Action Amidst Despair
Nobody
Don't let the sun burn a hole in your ass, William Blake. Rise now, and drive your cart and plough over the bones of the dead!
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The Language of Violence and Expression
Nobody
That weapon will replace your tongue. You will learn to speak through it. And your poetry will now be written with blood.
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Perception and Reality in Infinite Contexts
William Blake
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.
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Themes of Life and Mortality in Dialogue
Nobody
Leave that alone stupid white man.
[seeing William touching his chest wound]
William Blake
Am I going to die?
[as Nobody attends to his wound]
Nobody
The circle of life has no ending.
William Blake
Why are you helping me?
Nobody
A bird told me.
William Blake
A bird told you?
Nobody
A small magical bird with bright blue feathers. I was following him in your forest, hoping to acquire one of his indigo feathers... and then I lost him... and then I found him again. He was perched on your chest tasting your blood. He looked at me. Then he flew directly west in a straight line - his small beak red with your blood.
[pauses]
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Similarity in Nature and Appearance
Nobody
Things which are alike, in nature, grow to look alike.
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Lessons from the Eagle and the Crow
Nobody
The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn from the crow.
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Identity and the Nature of Names
William Blake
What is your name?
Nobody
My name is Nobody.
William Blake
Excuse me?
Nobody
My name is Exaybachay. He Who Talks Loud, Saying Nothing.
William Blake
He who talks... I thought you said your name was Nobody.
Nobody
I preferred to be called Nobody.
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Questioning Life and Death
Nobody
Did you kill the white man who killed you?
William Blake
I'm not dead. Am I?
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Conflict Over Tobacco and Vision
Nobody
The vision of Christ that thou dost see... is my vision's greatest enemy. Do you have tobacco?
Trading Post Missionary
We sure don't.
Nobody
Aren't those tins of tobacco right there behind you?
Trading Post Missionary
Sure are, but those cans are empty. There's no tobacco in them. Perhaps I could interest you in some beads...
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