Route 66 (TV Series)

Ten Drops of Water (1960)

Burt Brinckerhoff: Virgil Paige

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• Helen Paige : Virg, I don't want to fight anymore.

  Virgil Paige : Helen, we got a piece of land, that's more than most people.

  Helen Paige : And did you ever stop to add up the cost? Mother was 31 when she died and Dad was 44.

  Virgil Paige : What is it that you want to do instead?

  Helen Paige : I want to sell out! Don't tell me you never thought about it.

  Virgil Paige : Helen, we had three generations of people give up their lives for this ranch, not so we could sell out.

  Helen Paige : When we found Homer he was just sitting there next to Overjack. And Overjack was dead. Homer knew it, but he just sat there because he promised not to leave. Promises don't belong to the dead, Virg - they're for the living.

• Buz Murdock : Sometimes you fight, Virgil, but you get beaten.

  Virgil Paige : I can't give up!

  Buz Murdock : You've come as far as you can. You're licked!

  Virgil Paige : You don't understand. This earth was made for human beings. Sure, it fights, it tries not to yield. The hand of man has to turn it, plant it, bring forth food and life. That's what we were put here for. Whether it's easy or bitter makes no difference. You gotta hang on, from generation to generation, till that bit of earth gives itself up to your will.

  Buz Murdock : You see that rock, Virgil? It has no choice. It has to stand there till it's worn away. You're a man. You have a choice. You can move.