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need a few quotes from the film

posted 19 years ago by sachin_sood
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I found it rather difficult to understand a few words that Donald Sutherland (Liam Devlin) says in three scenes, primarily due to his heavy accent, and I am very curious to know those quotes. Unfortunately, none of them are mentioned on IMDb.

These are the scenes:
1) Liam wearing the parachute before getting in to the plane. Oberst Steiner asks him if he is going to jump out the plane wearing those clothes. Liam mentions an Irish poem:
"I realized fear one day...
...
It's better to be dressed as the hound."

2) Liam is on the beach front with Molly Prior. What does he tell her at the start. Also, when Molly starts to leave him and he pulls her back, he says:
"...You don't know the first thing about me, but if you did, you'd know that I much prefer a warm afternoon under the pines to a wet Saturday night in the bed...The sand is a terrible..." (what words follow?)

3) At the end of the movie, what are the entire contents of the letter Liam writes to Molly?

I would appreciate any help.

Auf weidersehen!

[–] krigskoen 19 years ago

1)

"It might look a bit silly going down Mr. Steiner, but i'll be hell of a lot safer when i land on the ground.
There is an old poem i know, which freely translated from the Irish says; i realized fear one morning, when the blare of the fox-hunters sound. When they are all chasing after the poor bloody fox, it's safer to be dressed like a hound."

2)

"You don't know the first thing about me. Because if you did you'd know that i much prefer a warm afternoon under the pines to a wet Saturday night any day. And the sand has a terrible way of getting where it shouldn't be."

3)

"Molly, my love. As a great man once said: I have suffered a great change and nothing can ever be the same again. I came here to Norfolk to do a job, not to fall in love. By now you'll know the worst of me. Try not to think of it. To leave you is punishment enough. But it will not end here, for as they say in Ireland: We have known the days. Liam."

[–] sachin_sood 19 years ago

Thanks a lot Herr War_Cow. Appreciate the help in the matter.