The Learning Tree (1969)

Estelle Evans: Sarah

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• Newt : Is there a heaven?

  Sarah : I don't rightly know, Newt. Maybe they ain't no hell, either. I believe God made us and expects us to do good here on earth. Can't say God's his real name. All my life I've been told about a better world somewhere beyond this one. It's awful hard at this late date not to believe.

  Newt : I'm gonna hate dyin'.

  Sarah : None of us will like it, son. The important thing is to be ready when the time comes.

  Newt : You mean, be a Christian?

  Sarah : In a way, but, there's more to it than that. It's bein' able to love when you feel like hatin' and to tell the truth when you feel like lyin'.

• Newt : Are we gonna live here all our lives?

  Sarah : Don't you like it here son?

  Newt : I don't know. I ain't been no place else.

  Sarah : Well I hope you won't have to live here all your life. It's not all good place, not all bad place either. Sort of like food on a tree: some good, some bad. Understand? No matter if you go a stay, think of Cherokee Flats like that till the day you die. Let it be a Learning Tree

• Sarah : No matter what you're thinking son, you did the right thing.