A Quiet Passion (2016)
Catherine Bailey: Vryling Buffam
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Quotes
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Vryling Buffam : I was told once, by a clergyman, that I should repent my sins. Otherwise, I would be pursued by the devil. Oh, a sort of spiritual Wells Fargo, I said. He promptly went silent, like patience, on a monument. Appalled but dumb.
Emily Dickinson : For the lost soul, there will be no tomorrow.
Vryling Buffam : For the lost soul, today is quite enough.
Emily Dickinson : Oh I shall miss you if you ever go! Your honesty is sublime.
Vryling Buffam : In the long term, honesty is not the best policy!
Emily Dickinson : Is dishonesty?
Vryling Buffam : I prefer to call it diplomacy. That way, one can turn a tactical defeat into a victory.
Emily Dickinson : Who proposed that?
Vryling Buffam : Oh, I don't know. Probably George Washington, as he was crossing the Delaware, the wrong way. Now, my own. I must fly.
Emily Dickinson : Drive carefully, and don't do anything against god.
Vryling Buffam : I'll stop yodeling then.
Emily Dickinson : Very wise.