Samson and Delilah (1949)
Olive Deering: Miriam
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Quotes
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Delilah : You love him. Women cannot deceive each other. It is in your face when you look at him. You want him for yourself.
Miriam : Yes, I love him. In his face, I see all that is strong and good. His name is like a cry of hope for us. I've dreamed that someday Samson would take me for his wife. But he's never looked upon me as a woman.
Delilah : His face... his name... shadows on the wall. You think that is love? You worship him with prayers and downcast eyes. I love him as a man of flesh and blood!
Miriam : He is not leaving you for me. There is a higher voice that speaks through him, and he will always answer its call. Even your treacherous beauty cannot turn him from it.
Delilah : I cannot fight against his god. But no woman will take him from me.
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Samson : Miriam, you're further above me than the moon.
Miriam : But not as hard to reach. Only stretch out your hand.
Samson : I don't want to hurt you, Miriam. You're like a sparrow, so gentle and...
Miriam : That's a very gentle way of telling me that you're in love with someone else?
Samson : You always see through people as if they were cobwebs.
Miriam : I hear you saw a woman in Timnath.
Samson : Yes... and I can't forget her.
Miriam : You did the same with me. I can't forget you.
[Miriam walks to the door]
Samson : [approaches Miriam at the door] Miriam.
Miriam : I'll always be here.
[Miriam closes the door]
