Little Boy (2015)

Eduardo Verástegui: Fr. Crispin

Quotes 

• Fr. Crispin : If we have faith the size of a mustard seed, we can move the mountain. If we can move a mountain, nothing will be impossible for us. Not even with ending this war... and having our love one back.

  Ben Eagle Narrator : [thinking of the magician he had seen]  I already knew someone who could move a mountain. I wondered if the source of his powers was the mustard seed.

• Pepper Flynt Busbee : Why wouldn't God want to bring my dad back?

  Fr. Crispin : I don't know.

  Pepper Flynt Busbee : But if I get enough faith, nothing's impossible, right?

• Pepper Flynt Busbee : How could I get bigger faith?

  Fr. Crispin : [slams down a large Bible and extracts a small piece of paper]  The list, the ancient list. For centuries, people believe that if you do this list, it'll make your faith powerful. This is what you have to do. Feed the hungry. Shelter the homeless. Visit those in prison. Clothe the naked.

  Pepper Flynt Busbee : Naked? How is that supposed to...

  Fr. Crispin : [pressing on]  Visit the sick. Bury the dead. Oh, just one more thing. In order to make this list work for you, I'm gonna add one essential item.

  [writing] 

  Pepper Flynt Busbee : "Befriend Hashimoto?" Are you crazy?

  Fr. Crispin : It's your choice, Pepper.

  Pepper Flynt Busbee : What does that Jap have to do with anything?

  Fr. Crispin : Everything. Your faith won't work if you have even the slightest bit of hatred in you.

  Pepper Flynt Busbee : Fine. I'll do it, if that's what it takes to bring my dad back.

• Hashimoto : So, tell me, Ollie, what happens when your imaginary friend works in his mysterious ways and his father dies?

  Fr. Crispin : Then my imaginary friend will also help him through it.

  Hashimoto : Tell the kid to stop. If he doesn't, he could lose faith in himself. That's what you should be worrying about.