Benediction (2021)
Jack Lowden: Siegfried Sassoon
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Quotes
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Dr. Rivers : Why not?
Siegfried Sassoon : Too afraid, too inhibited. Shamed by an inner corruption. Or perhaps it's simply because of... What's the phrase? "The love that dare not speak its name."
Dr. Rivers : You are not alone in that respect.
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[Speaking about Wilfred]
Siegfried Sassoon : I'd give everything I possess to have him stay just one more hour. One more minute. Quick to tears, slow to love.
Siegfried Sassoon : When I first met him, he had a slight stammer. And spoke, I thought, with a grammar school accent. How could I be such a snob? He really is a lovely man. And I think the greater poet.
[He Sighs]
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Siegfried Sassoon : All evasions are elegant. Think of politics.
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Robbie Ross : How did you find Mr. Churchill?
Siegfried Sassoon : Imperial.
Robbie Ross : And Mr. Coward?
Siegfried Sassoon : Gushing.
Robbie Ross : What would you have done if Royalty had paid a call?
Siegfried Sassoon : Oh, well, then I'd have tried to curtsey from a sitting position.
[They Laugh]
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Siegfried Sassoon : Pain is not the only terror. There are many more.
Dr. Rivers : Can you name them?
Siegfried Sassoon : If I could name them, they would cease to be terrors.
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Dr. Rivers : I've always thought that politicians were too stupid to be subtle.
Siegfried Sassoon : Perhaps they're just too subtle to be inelegant.
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Siegfried Sassoon : Why do all the worst terrors come at night?
Dr. Rivers : The night is, I think, like the unconscious. Waiting all day so that it can steal over you in the dark.
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Dr. Rivers : I trust after this disclosure, you will be discreet.
Siegfried Sassoon : Discretion is my middle name.
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Siegfried Sassoon : You have to speak directly, not with another's voice.
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Wilfred Owen : Halitosis! Your first poem in Hydra.
Siegfried Sassoon : Long live the editor!
Wilfred Owen : I am the editor.
Siegfried Sassoon : Hooray for nepotism!
[They Laugh]
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Dr. Rivers : What about your poetry?
Siegfried Sassoon : It's egotism, really.
Dr. Rivers : That seems a little harsh.
Siegfried Sassoon : Truth often is.
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Siegfried Sassoon : I think he's still in love with you.
Ivor Novello : The main drawback with love is that it descends, all too quickly, into possessiveness.
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Siegfried Sassoon : The moment passes, but the hurt remains.
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Siegfried Sassoon : If I was selfish enough, I'd ask you to marry me.
Hester Gatty : If I were foolish enough, I'd accept.
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Siegfried Sassoon : Who can know the secrets of a human heart?
Ivor Novello : Usually the people who don't have one.
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Siegfried Sassoon : He's getting married.
Stephen Tennant (Older) : The Ultimate Capitulation.
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Siegfried Sassoon : Bravery is only cowardice in extremis. At the root of bravery lies terror, and the fear of fear.
