The Phantom Carriage (1922) - Quotes

A Marvelous Picture with a Wonderful Story

Taglines: A Marvelous Picture Telling a Wonderful Story

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The Essence of a Lost Soul's Journey

Taglines: Weird, Mysterious, Thrilling Drama of a Human Life, and a Savage Lost Soul. Based Upon an Actual Experience.

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Exploring the Boundaries of Life and Death

Taglines: Do the Dead Come Back? Can Your Soul Leave Your Body - And Return Again? Is Spiritualism a Reality?

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Seeking Redemption and Emotional Release

Mrs. Holm: I can't help crying too. I won't be truly happy until all my sorrow is drained.

David Holm: Lord, please let my soul come to maturity before it is reaped.

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The Complexity of Morality in Suffering

David Holm: [to a coughing woman] Why turn away so carefully? I'm a consumptive myself, but I cough in people's faces in hopes of finishing them off. Why should they be better off than us?

Edit: He's merely amusing himself. He's not as wicked as he pretends to be.

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A Journey Beyond Life and Death

David Holm: You should take me to the hospital in your carriage as quickly as you can.

Georges: No living soul rides in that carriage. By the time I arrive, it's too late for a doctor. You know full well that I am no longer among the living.

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A Sister's Concern for the Departed Souls

Maria: Don't fret over those poor souls now, Sister Edit. You've done enough for them.

Edit: Send for David Holm!

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A Request for Time Before Confrontation

Edit: [to Death] You see that I'm not afraid of you. I will gladly heed your summons, but grant me a day's reprieve, for there is someone I must talk sense into.

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A New Year's Prayer for Maturity

Georges: You know, David, if I could send a message to mankind, I would send them a New Year's greeting. I would like them to dwell on a single New Year's prayer: Lord, please let my soul come to maturity before it is reaped.

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The Eternal Role of Death's Driver

Georges: Though horse and carriage are always the same, the driver is not. The last soul to die each year - the one who passes over at the stroke of midnight - is destined to be Death's driver for the following year.

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Acceptance of Inevitable Duty

Georges: There is no escape. He must perform his forlorn duty.

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The Burden of Serving Death's Carriage

Georges: There is an old, old carriage... It is no ordinary driver who holds the reigns, for he's in the service of a strict master named Death. For him, a single night is as long as 100 years on Earth. Night and day he must carry out his master's business.

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