Always

I told you, anything you do for yourself is a waste of spirit.

Always (1989 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Pete: Love! Ain't what it used to be. Al: Oh there's only ever been two kinds: There's lash fires, which are all flame, burn themselves out and leave nothing. Then there's the long burning. That is nature's burn. Even when you think it's out, the forest floor is warm to the touch. That's the kind you and Dorinda got. Pete: You're a poet, Al. You're a really bad poet, but you're a poet.

Always (1989 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Al: The hell with it. What this place reminds me of is the war in Europe. Pete: This is deep. Al: Which I was personally never at, but think about it. The beer's warm, the dance hall's a Quonset, there's B-26s outside, hotshot pilots inside, an airstrip in the woods... it's England, man! Everything but Glenn Miller! Except we go to burning places and bomb 'em till they stop burning. You see, Pete, there ain't no war here. Pete: What's taking her so long? Al: This is why they don't make movies called 'Night Raid to Boise, Idaho' or 'Firemen Strike at Dawn'. And this is why you ain't exactly a hero for taking these chances you take. You're more of what I would call a dickhead.

Always (1989 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Pete: Hap, I don't want you to think that I'm doubting your good faith, I just want to get one thing clear, okay? Hap: Okay. Pete: Am I dead? Hap: That's right. Pete: I'm dead? Hap: Right. Pete: Keep the sideburns. Boy, what a jerk I turned out to be. Dead! And now, I sitting in the woods, getting my haircut.

Always (1989 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Bartender: What'll it be? Pete: Extra dry vodka martini. Don't forget the olive. Ted: Root beer. Don't forget the olive.

Always (1989 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Ted: [being serenaded by the other pilots after a botched exercise] This is first place, right? Al: Cute. Now we know how ready you are. We're gonna be coming into fire season soon, and if we get a big one - a real big one - they're gonna be calling guys from all over the place. They're gonna be calling veterans, first-timers, guys from all over the country if they have to. And when they call me, they're gonna say, 'Al, whaddya got?' And I'm gonna tell them I ain't got nothin'. 'Cause you're nothin'! What you did today was nothin'! Hell, you can't even hit a smoking oil drum, and a drum ain't a tree! A tree can explode like a bomb! A tree can go up like a Roman candle! And an oil drum don't have any heat! In a real fire, there's heat! There's heat that can suck you under, flip you over! There's currents that can tie a knot in a windsock! And Baker - Baker, you're on the bus. I'm going to San Diego and when I get back tomorrow, I don't want to see you in here.

Always (1989 film), CC BY-SA 4.0