Men while perishing... Sorry. Men before perishing see with unwounded eye, for once a gentle thing fall from the sky
14 seconds sound clip from the Shadowlands movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:16.966 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- All right. You know, I have won a National Poetry Award shared with Robert Frost.
- Well, let's hope you stay that way.
- Uh... Let's get this out of the way. I'll give you an early one. That way I'm covered.
- I wrote this when I was 22, Spanish Civil War. It's called Snow in Madrid.
- Softly, so casual, lovely, so light, so light, the cruel sky lets fall something one does not fight.
- Touched?
- Yes.
- Touched? That's good. That's about its level.
- So you may ask, when was I ever in Madrid? The answer is, never.
- Well, personal experience isn't everything.
- I disagree. I think personal experience is everything.
- So reading is a waste of time?
- No, it's not a waste of time, but reading is safe, isn't it? Books aren't about to hurt you.
- Why should one want to be hurt?
[...]
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