The Idiot (1951)
Yoshiko Kuga: Ayako
Quotes
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Ayako : How did it feel when you were facing certain death?
Kinji Kameda : Everyone in the world suddenly seemed so dear to me.
Ayako : Everyone in the world?
Kinji Kameda : Each and every person I'd ever known. Everyone I'd ever passed on the street. And not just people - the puppy I'd thrown a rock at as a child. Why hadn't I been kinder?
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[last lines]
Kaoru : I don't want to talk about it. I promised you I'd keep an eye on him and tell you what he was doing. But it was too...
Ayako : Was it that awful?
Kaoru : All I know, is that I'll remember what a good man he was.
Ayako : If only we could all love as he did - without hatred. What a fool I've been. I was the idiot.
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Ayako : Do you have any idea what sort of person Mr. Kameda is?
Taeko Nasu : I certainly do. I daresay I know far better than you.
Ayako : That's a lie! You couldn't possibly know.
Taeko Nasu : Why not?
Ayako : Why not? Because you only ever think of yourself. Drunk on your own misery, you don't see the grief you cause in others.
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Ayako : Wisdom comes in two kinds: important and unimportant. But nobody realizes that.
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Ayako : You really are a mystery. You suddenly show up during a blizzard to pay a visit. Nothing you do ever fails to surprise. You know how, in late March, the clouds suddenly part after a blizzard? Blue skies, then a crack of thunder. That's exactly how you are.
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Ayako : I'm like a bride-to-be, sealed up, and on display in a bottle. Then it's straight from the bottle to altar.
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[repeated line]
Ayako : I can't stand it!
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[repeated line]
Ayako : I'll be frank.
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Ayako : You have no right to meddle in our affairs. Stop coming between us! Stop playing the martyr at our expense! You act as if you're Violetta from "La Traviata"!
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Taeko Nasu : You're terrified that he might love me more. That's why you're here.
Ayako : You're wrong. It's pity he feels for you, not love.
Taeko Nasu : It amounts to the same thing. But I know I have no right to accept his love.
