Trust and Love in Relationships
Zorro:
You trust me, Señorita?
Lolita Pulido:
To love is to trust, señor.
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A Kiss Given Freely Amidst Danger
Lolita Pulido: [kisses Zorro]
I - give you - freely - the kiss he would have taken. I fear for your safety, señor.
Zorro:
Fear not - their wits are as slow as their blades. The weapons you use pierce deep, señorita.
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A Humorous Exchange Between Zorro's Opponents
Sgt. Pedro Gonzales:
We seek the vulture, Zorro!
Don Diego Vega:
You're too fat, Gonzales. Poison the mountain tops and set your traps in the clouds - perhaps you'll have better luck.
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A Conversation About Swordsmanship and Admiration
Lolita Pulido:
Your swordsmanship? Where did you learn the blade?
Zorro:
In Spain, señorita, where there are no eyes like yours.
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A Metaphor of Desire and Caution
Zorro:
Once, in a garden I saw a beautiful rose - I sought to pluck it - quickly. It stung me - Then - - slowly - - cautiously - I reached for it - - and the rose was mine!
Lolita Pulido:
Indeed! Then I'm but another rose?
Zorro:
An, no señorita. You are too wonderful! I dare not even hope.
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The Mystery of Zorro's Mask
Lolita Pulido:
Why do wear a mask?
Zorro:
Perhaps to hide the features of a De Bergerac.
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Musical Connections Between Characters in Zorro
Zorro:
I have a servant - a wonder at the guitar. Tonight I shall order him to come out and play beneath your window.
Lolita Pulido:
I have a maid - passionately fond of music!
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The Rise of the Oppressed Champion
Title Card:
Oppression - by its very nature - creates the power that crushes it. A champion arises - a champion of the oppressed - whether it be a Cromwell or someone unrecorded, he will be there. He is born.
Title Card:
Out of the mystery of the unknown - appeared a masked rider who rode up and down the great highway..
Soldier:
This Zorro comes upon you like a graveyard ghost and like a ghost he disappears.
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A Threat from Sgt. Pedro Gonzales
Sgt. Pedro Gonzales:
It's a good thing for that carver of Z's that he keeps out of reach of my sword. I'll carve Gonzales all over his body.
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Unity Against Tyranny
Zorro:
No force that tyranny could bring would dare oppose us - once united. Our country's out of joint. It is for us caballeros, and us alone, to set it right!
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A Call to Resist Oppression in California
Zorro:
The heaven-kissed hills of your native California swarm with the sentinels of oppression! Are your pulses dead? Thank God, mine is not - and I pledge you my blood's as noble as the best!
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Critique of Indifference and Injustice
Zorro:
You idlers! You wasters! You fashion-plates! You sit and sip your wine while the naked back of an unprotesting soldier of Christ is lashed with the whip!
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A Romantic Compliment on Beauty
Zorro:
Oh, such lips! Turn not away. Your face is heaven - all else is blackness!
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Advocating Justice for the Oppressed
Zorro:
Justice for all! Punishment for the oppressors of the helpless - from the governor down.
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Advice on Eating Before Action
Zorro:
I give you a safe rule, good landlady. Never do anything on an empty stomach - but eat!
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Expressions of Devotion and Despair
Zorro: [passionately wooing Lolita]
If this could be - The high Sierras I would level to your feet - The wild waves on Capistrano's shore should pay you homage - I'd make the desert a million roses yield - - to die in shame before your beauty- If this could be!
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