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I am a man, Jupiter, and each man must invent his own path.
The Flies (1943)
But, if it will help ease your irritated souls, please know, dearly departed, that you have ruined our lives.
The Flies (1943)
He is dead, and my hatred has died with him.
The Flies (1943)
A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work.
The Flies (1943)
I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.
The Flies (1943)
What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me.
The Flies (1943)
Ah! Do not judge the gods, young man, they have painful secrets.
The Flies (1943)
They are in bad faith — they are afraid — and fear, bad faith have an aroma that the gods find delicious. Yes, the gods like that, the pitiful souls.
The Flies (1943)
Admit it, it is your youth that you regret, more even than your crime; it is my youth you hate, even more than my innocence.
The Flies (1943)
You, poor child, without toys or playmates, you played murder, because it is a game that one can play alone.
The Flies (1943)
Her face seems ravaged by both lightning and hail. But on yours there is something like the promise of a storm: one day passion will burn it to the bone.
The Flies (1943)
Some men are born committed to action: they do not have a choice, they have been thrown on a path, at the end of that path, an act awaits them, their act.
The Flies (1943)
Commoners are weightless. But he was a royal bon vivant who, no matter what, always weighed 125 kilos. I would be very surprised if he didn't have a few pounds left.
The Flies (1943)
Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
The Flies (1943)
Yes, I am so free. And what a superb absence is my soul.
The Flies (1943)
Remember, Orestes: you were part of my herd, you grazed in the fields along with my sheep. Your liberty is nothing but a mange eating away at you, it is nothing but an exile.
The Flies (1943)
Now I am weary and I can no longer tell good from Evil, and I need someone to show me the way.
The Flies (1943)
All-powerful god, who am I but the fear that I inspire in others?
The Flies (1943)
Aegistheus, the kings have another secret.... Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the Gods can do nothing against that man. It is a matter for men to handle amongst themselves, and it is up to other men — and to them alone — to let him flee or to destroy him.
The Flies (1943)
You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.
The Flies (1943)