The Magician (1958)
Bibi Andersson: Sara Lindqvist
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Quotes
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Simson, the coach driver : One learns not to run around picking every flower by the wayside.
Sara Lindqvist : You can at least smell them.
Simson, the coach driver : I just bend over the fragile petals and then move on.
Sara Lindqvist : Why do you talk so much?
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Sara Lindqvist : You don't seem very experienced, dear Simson.
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Sara Lindqvist : Quiet. He's predicting the future.
Tubal : Quiet, quiet, quiet. I see a light. Now it's been put out. It's dark. I hear sweet words of love. No, I can't repeat them. My sense of decency forbids me. A young man rides at full gallop. It's beautiful. Sara, my child, before you go celebrate your feast of love, take a few drops of our love potion. Your delight will be multiplied sevenfold. It's a gift from Venus Aphrodite. Tubal is but her humble messenger.
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Sara Lindqvist : What a life you lead, Mr. Simson.
Simson, the coach driver : Travel, performances, parties, a life of luxury.
Sara Lindqvist : And you meet beautiful women, of course.
Simson, the coach driver : Women are drawn to magic, Sara. Especially beautiful, hot-blooded women of instinct. Sometimes we even have to fight them off. I remember a Russian princess with green eyes and a lily-white bosom.
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Simson, the coach driver : Having second thoughts?
Sara Lindqvist : Second thoughts? I made no promises.
Simson, the coach driver : You sure seemed eager last night.
Sara Lindqvist : You trying to embarrass me? Yesterday was yesterday, and today is Sunday.