13 quotes
The Impact of the Atom Bomb on Innocence
Jim Graham
Learned a new word today: "Atom bomb". It was like a white light in the sky, like God taking a photograph.
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Celebrating the P-51 Mustang's Excellence
Jim Graham
Wah, ha ha! Go! P-51, Cadillac of the sky!
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Struggling with Memory and Identity
Jim
Dr. Rawlins, do you remember how we had helped build the runway? If we'd died like the others, our bones would be in the runway. In a way, it's our runway!
Dr. Rawlins
No, it's their runway, Jim! Try not to think so much! Try not to think so much!
Jim
I can't remember what my parents look like.
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Exploring Memories of Wealth and Abandonment
Jim
Basie, first I could show you some rich pickings. Hundreds of houses left empty. I could show you some of the houses I lived in before Frank found me. They were luxuriant!
[as Frank and Basie are about to leave him in the street]
Basie
Luxuriant? You had good sense being born there, Jim. I'm sure there was good living.
Jim
There certainly was good living, Basie. There - there was opulence!
Basie
Heh heh. Opulence. Frank, we'll go and take a look at some of these houses. Let's go, Frank. Opulence.
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Bravery and Conflict in War Perspectives
Jim
If the Americans land, the Japanese will fight.
Dr. Rawlins
You admire the Japanese?
Jim
Well, they're brave, aren't they?
Dr. Rawlins
That's important, is it, Jim?
Jim
It's a good thing if you want to win a war.
Dr. Rawlins
But we don't want them to win, do we. Remember, we're British.
Jim
Yes. I've never been there.
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A Shared Desire for Chocolate Treats
Dainty
Hey kid, would you like a Hershey bar?
Jim
Oh yes please Dainty!
Dainty
So would I kid. Have you got one?
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Finding Strength Amidst Chaos
Taglines
To survive in a world at war, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him.
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Dreaming of God and Tennis
Jim
I was dreaming about God.
Mary Graham
What did he say?
Jim
Nothing. He was playing tennis. Perhaps that's where God is all the time and that's why you can't see Him when you're awake, do you think?
Mary Graham
I don't know. I don't know about God.
Jim
Perhaps He's our dream... and we're His.
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Lessons Learned from Survival and Sacrifice
Basie
Jim, didn't I teach you anything?
Jim
Yes. You taught me that people will do anything for a potato.
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The Nature of Patience and Anticipation
Jim
It almost looks as if they're waiting for something to happen...
[about the Japanese troops camped nearby]
John Graham
Yes.
Jim
They didn't look angry or anything...
Maxton
It's not their anger; it's their patience.
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Survival and Strategy in Uncertain Times
Jim
We'll have to leave the camp.
Basie
That's the idea, Jim. First one side feeds you and the other side tries to get you killed, then it's turned around; it's all timing.
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Desire to Restore Connections
Jim Graham
I could bring everyone back.
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A New Name for a New Life
Basie
What did you say your name was boy?
Jim
Jamie and I'm building a man-flying kite and writing a book called Contract Bridge.
Basie
Jim: a new name for a new life.
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