C. Henry Gordon: Surat Khan
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Quotes
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Surat Khan : Oh, so it was Captain Randall who so imprudently attempted to penetrate the line? Poor fellow! He paid the penalty for his foolishness!
Major Geoffrey Vickers : [taken aback] He's... he's dead?
Surat Khan : Oh, my friend, life is sweet and dear when one cannot have it! That's why I sent for you.
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Surat Khan : I sometimes think, Sir Charles, that a great government resembles a beautiful woman, who, intoxicated with her own beauty, is apt to withdraw from a sincere suitor the favors she's always granted. And when she finds her suitor console himself with another beauty... regrets her coldness.
Sir Charles Macefield : Interesting. And what does she do then?
Surat Khan : She claims the privilege of any beautiful woman and changes her mind... before she's lost her suitor forever. Do you not agree?
Sir Charles Macefield : The only great government I'm acquainted with is singularly masculine. It makes up its mind. And once having reached a decision, adheres to it.
Surat Khan : I'm afraid we're losing ourselves in a flight of fantasy.
Sir Charles Macefield : Yes, perhaps, yes.
