Near Dark (1987)
Adrian Pasdar: Caleb Colton
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Quotes
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Caleb Colton : How old are you?
Jesse : Let's put it this way: I fought for the South.
Caleb Colton : South?
Jesse : We lost.
[chuckles]
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Caleb Colton : What the fuck is goin' on?
Severen : It ain't what's goin' on, son. It's what's comin' off. Your face. Clean off.
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Mae : The light that's leaving that star right now will take a billion years to get down here. You want to know why you've never met a girl like me before?
Caleb Colton : Yeah. Why?
Mae : Because I'll still be here when the light from that star gets down here to earth in a billion years.
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Caleb Colton : Sure was some kiss.
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[Pale, sweating and in obvious withdrawal, Caleb is being shaken down by a policeman]
Deputy Sheriff : You ain't looking too good, son.
Caleb Colton : I ain't feeling too good, sir.
Deputy Sheriff : What're you on?
Caleb Colton : You wouldn't believe me...
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Caleb Colton : Can I have a bite?
Mae : Bite?
Caleb Colton : I'm just dyin' for a cone.
Mae : Dyin'?
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Caleb's Friend : What the hell's eatin' you?
Caleb Colton : [Chuckles] Your mama.
Caleb's Friend : You wish.
Caleb Colton : I wish I may, I wish I might. Wish I was a thousand miles from here tonight.
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Caleb Colton : [Loy has pulled out a gun] Daddy, put that away. Ain't gonna do no good.
Loy Colton : What do you mean, it ain't gonna do no good?
Jesse : I'd listen to your son.
Loy Colton : I'd stop right there if I was you, mister.
Jesse : Not likely.
[Loy shoots him in the chest, Jesse coughs out the bullet and puts it in Loy's shirt pocket]
Jesse : For you.
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Caleb Colton : I sure haven't met any girls like you.
Mae : No. No, you sure haven't.
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Mae : There's somethin' I want to show you.
[Caleb and Mae get off the truck]
Caleb Colton : There's somethin' you want to show me?
Mae : Yeah. The night.
Caleb Colton : What about it?
Mae : It's dark.
Caleb Colton : I noticed.
Mae : It's so bright, it'll blind you.
Caleb Colton : I can't see.
Mae : Well, listen. Do you hear it?
Caleb Colton : I'm listenin'. I don't hear nothin'.
Mae : Listen hard. Do you hear it?
Caleb Colton : Hear what?
Mae : The night, it's deafening.
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Caleb Colton : You didn't get me a beer, did you?
Caleb's Friend : You're gonna have to support your own bad habits.
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Caleb Colton : [Caleb has been shot] Am I alive?
[Jesse and Severen laugh]
Severen : Hey. You look like 40 miles of rough road!
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[last lines]
Mae : Caleb, what's happening?
Caleb Colton : I brought you home.
Mae : I'm afraid.
Caleb Colton : Don't be. It's just the sun.
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Caleb Colton : What'll we do now?
Mae : [Chuckles] Anything we want... to the end of time.
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[first lines]
Caleb Colton : [crushing a mosquito] Dumb suck.
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Caleb Colton : I ain't a person anymore. I don't know what I am. I'm sick!
