Immortality (1998)

Elina Löwensohn: Anne Levels

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Quotes 

• Anna Labels : And are you sorry?

  Steven Grlscz : Whatever my faults, malice isn't one of them.

• Anna Labels : My mother always had some story about what happened to little girls who didn't make their beds or who didn't come home in time for tea. That's why I never judge book by its cover, I never look before I leap, and that worrying is the Devil's favourite pastime.

  Steven Grlscz : I've never heard that one before.

  Anna Labels : About the Devil? Come on. Let's go.

  Steven Grlscz : Shouldn't it be I always look before I leap?

  Anna Labels : What did I say?

  Steven Grlscz : Never.

  Anna Labels : Oh.

• [showing Steven a watch] 

  Anna Labels : I stole this watch when I was fourteen. I had gone to the store with my mother and when I saw it I wanted it. It was the only thing I could think about. I wanted it so much I could feel it in the pit of my stomach. So one day when I went to pick up some flint for my father's lighter, the owners back was turned, I picked it up and put it in my pocket. The thing was I had the money. Today I still do not know why I could not bare to pay for it. So tell me, was that the horse or the crocodile?

• Steven Grlscz : [to Anna]  Who is this that comes like a pillar of the smoke out of the wilderness? Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense. The joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of a cunning craftsman. You read.

  Anna Labels : Thy lips are like scarlet and thy mouth is comely. The smell of thy breath like apples.

  Steven Grlscz : And thy breasts two clusters of grapes. Thou, all fair, my love, there is no flaw in you.

• Anna Labels : Stop it!

  Steven Grlscz : What's the matter?

  Anna Labels : Nothing's the matter.

  Steven Grlscz : Nothing's the matter?

  Anna Labels : I don't like you all over me all time. You're always touching me like I was. I don't like you grabbing me, okay?

  Steven Grlscz : I didn't think I was. I'm sorry. I won't do it again.

  Anna Labels : It's been a difficult day. I'm sorry. Problems at work. There's no excuse for taking it out on you. Is it alright for Saturday with Martin and Karen?

  Steven Grlscz : Sorry? Oh yes.

  Anna Labels : Good.

  Steven Grlscz : Actually can we not do this? I can't do it this quickly. Accept apologies when I'm still angry. You can't say something like that and then say sorry. Do you see?