Vagabond (1985)

Sylvain: Les bergers

Quotes 

• les Bergers : She blew in like the wind. No plans, no goals... No wishes, no wants... We suggested things to her. She didn't want to do a thing. Wandering? That's withering. By proving she's useless, she helps a system she rejects. It's not wandering, it's withering.

• les Bergers : On the road in this weather?

  Mona Bergeron, sans toit ni loi : I didn't choose the weather.

  les Bergers : But you chose the road.

• les Bergers : We've all got to do our thing, don't we? That's how it is. Do you travel alone? You don't get lonely?

  Mona Bergeron, sans toit ni loi : It's good to be alone.

  les Bergers : I've spent Christmas alone. I watched people stuffing themselves. I was alone.

  Mona Bergeron, sans toit ni loi : When it's cold, it's nice! Roads aren't so crowded. It's easier to hitch rides.

  les Bergers : It all depends how nice the man is who picks you up or doesn't. If he picks you up, you're lucky. And luckier if he doesn't pester you.

  Mona Bergeron, sans toit ni loi : I don't care. I move.

• les Bergers : Maybe you're freer than I am. Good for you. I chose a middle road between loneliness and freedom.

  Mona Bergeron, sans toit ni loi : People bugged me for a long time, but that's all over now.

  les Bergers : You chose total freedom but you got total loneliness. The time comes when if you go on, you destroy yourself. You head for destruction. If you want to live, you stop. My friends who stayed on the road are dead now, or else they fell apart: alcoholics or junkies. Because the loneliness ate them up, in the end.