Wild Strawberries – Quotes

I’ve watched this movie recently and found some memorable quotes. I of course don’t agree with some of them.

Isak reciting with the help of the ‘kids’:

“Where is the friend I seek at break of day?
When night falls I still have not found Him.
My burning heat shows me His traces
I see His traces whenever flowers bloom
His love is mingled with every air.”

Anders:    

Ah, when Creation shows so much beauty, how radiant must be its source!

Conversation between Viktor and Anders:

Your rationalism is as dry as dust. / I say that modern man believes only in himself and his biological death. / Modern man is a figment of your imagination. / Man regards death with horror. / Religion for the people. Opium for the aching limb.

Marianne:

The truth is that I have been too considerate. And hence unintentionally cruel.

Examiner to Isak:

As professor emeritus you ought to know why it hurts. But you don’t.

Examiner to Isak:

A doctor’s first duty is to ask for forgiveness.

Conversation between Evald and Marianne:

There’s no right or wrong. We live according to our needs. Yours is a hellish desire to live and to create life. / What’s yours? / To be dead. Stone dead.