That luminous water, it takes its gleam from millions of tiny dead bodies. The glitter of putrescence.

— Paul Holland (Tom Conway)

7 seconds sound clip from the I Walked with a Zombie movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:03:15.204 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- It's not beautiful!

- You read my thoughts, Mr. Holland.

- It's easy enough to read the thoughts of a newcomer.

- Everything seems beautiful because you don't understand.

- Those flying fish, they are not leaping for joy. They're jumping in terror. Bigger fish want to eat them.

- That luminous water, it takes its gleam from millions of tiny dead bodies. The glitter of putrescence.

- There's no beauty here, only death and decay.

- You can't really believe that.

- Everything good dies here, even the stars.

- It was strange to have him break in on my thoughts that way.

[...]