Quotes
Ishmael Chambers: I know you'll think this is crazy, but all I want to do is hold you, and I think that if you'll let me do that just for a few seconds, I can walk away, and never speak to you again.
Share thisArthur Chambers: That's the thing with girls. They grew up and break your heart.
Share thisNels Gudmundsson: It takes a rare thing, a turning point, to free oneself from any obsession. Be it prejudice or hate, or, even love.
Share thisNels Gudmundsson: Accident rules every corner of the universe... except perhaps the chambers of the human heart.
Share thisYoung Hatsue Imada: Don't be sorry. I'm not.
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Sheriff Art Moran: So did any more of you guys see Carl out of ship channel bank last night?
Ishmael Chambers: What do you want to know for?
Sheriff Art Moran: Only to see if somebody talked to him.
Ishmael Chambers: Just went sour on me when the fog rolled. I got the hell out of there.
Share thisJudge Fielding: That's quite enough horseplay, Nels. Try and act your age.
Nels Gudmundsson: I think if I did that your honor, I'd be dead.
[laughter from the chamber]
Share thisYoung Hatsue Imada: [snuggling] Do you think this is wrong?
Young Ishmael Chambers: Your friends would. Your dad would kill me.
Young Hatsue Imada: My mom is the problem.
Fujiko Imada: [remembering her mother's voice] Stay away from white boys. Marry one of your own kind, whose heart is strong and gentle.
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Hatsue Miyamoto: Ishmael!
Ishmael Chambers: [turning]
Hatsue Miyamoto: Can I hold you now?
Ishmael Chambers: [yes]
Hatsue Miyamoto: [hugging him] I'm so grateful for your gentle heart.
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