Into the Wild

Chris: [reading "I Now Go Back to May 1937" by Sharon Olds] "I see them standing at the formal gates of their colleges. I see my father strolling out under the ochre sandstone atch, the red tiles glinting like bent plates of blood behind his head. I see my mother with a few light books at her hip, standing at the pillar made of tiny bricks with the wrought-iron gates still open behind her, its sword-tips black in the May air. They are about to graduate. They are about to get married. They are kids. They are dumb. All they know is they are innocent, they would never hurt anybody. I want to go up to them and say, 'Stop, don’t do it. She's the wrong woman, he's the wrong man. You are going to do things you cannot imagine you would ever do. You are going to do bad things to children. You are going to suffer in ways you never heard of. You are going to want to die.' I want to go up to them there in the late May sunlight and say it. But I don't do it. I want to live. I take them up like the

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Billie: Your father and I, we want to make a present to you. Walt: We want to get you out of that junker. Chris: What junker? Billie: [points at Chris' car] That. Walt: We want to buy you a new car. Billie: That's right. Chris: A new car? Why would I want a new car? Datsun runs great. Do you think I want some fancy boat? Are you worried what the neighbors might think? Billie: Well, we weren't gonna get you a brand new Cadillac, Chris. We just want to get you a nice new car that's safe to drive. And you never know when that thing out there just might blow up. Chris: Blow up! Blow up? Are you guys crazy? It's a great car. I don't need a new car. I don't want a new car. I don't want anything. Billie: Okay. Chris: These things, things, things, things. Billie: Okay. Walt: [to Billie] Everything has to be difficult. Chris: Thank you. Walt: [sarcastically] Thank you. Billie: Maybe that's not what he means. Maybe he just wants his old car. It's not such a big deal. Chris: Thank you. I just don

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Rainey: So you're a leather now. Alex: I'm a leather? Jan: Yeah, a leather tramp. That's what they call the ones that hoof it, go on foot. Technically we're rubber tramps. Rainey: Because we have a vehicle. [tries to put his arm around Jan] You don't have to push me away. Jan: [to Rainey] Come on, please? Yeah, Alex could have a vehicle as well, but he decided to burn all of his money. Rainey: And why did you do that? Alex: I don't need money. Makes people cautious. Jan: Come on, Alex. You gotta be a little cautious. I mean, that book of yours is cool and everything, but you can't depend entirely on leaves and berries. Alex: I don't know if you want to depend on much more than that. Jan: Where are your mom and dad? Alex: Living their lies somewhere. Jan: You look like a loved kid. Be fair. Alex: Fair? Jan: You know what I mean. Alex: I'll paraphrase Thoreau here. "Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness, give me truth."

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Rainey: You're an industrious little fucker, aren't you? Alex: Little bit. Rainey: It's funny how things happen at particular times. I've loved that woman for a lot of years, bro. But, you know, she's got a story. We've been going through this thing, real quiet. So, when we ran into you yesterday, this thing that we've been going through real quiet, she's talking about it. You know what I mean? Alex: I think I do. Rainey: You think what? Alex: Well... some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps to the past. Rainey: That's a hell of an insight. Jesus! You're not Jesus, are you? Alex: Look who's talking. Rainey: You gonna walk across the water and get her back for me, pal? Alex: Nah, I'm afraid of water. Always have been. Something I've gotta get over sometime though, huh? So, I will swim in it if you'll carry the firewood back to camp. Rainey: Shit, yeah. Alex: Yeah? Rainey: Call it carried.

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Alex: [during a poker game] Two dollars, four dollars, six dollars; just put all the money in. I just wanna see everybody going for broke. Wayne: You wanna play? Alex: No.

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Wayne: [to Chris getting dirty while working] What do you think about all this? Alex: I like all this.

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