The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Victor Sjöström: David Holm
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Quotes
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[last lines]
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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David Holm : I want to be good, but no one believes me. Is it any wonder I cry?
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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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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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David Holm : What can I do? What are the words, the prayer - the words?
[prays]
David Holm : A sinner whose lips are stained with wickedness, asks, beseeches - Oh, break me, crush me, only save these three innocent ones!
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David Holm : Forgive, forgive me.