Legends of the Fall (1994)
Aidan Quinn: Alfred Ludlow
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Quotes
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Alfred : I followed all of the rules, man's and God's. And you, you followed none of them. And they all loved you more. Samuel, Father, and my... even my own wife.
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Alfred : When are you planning to be married?
Tristan : Morning.
Alfred : Damn you, Tristan. You will marry her.
Tristan : And make a honest woman out of her?
Alfred : Yes! God damn you to hell.
Tristan : Yes, I will marry her if she'll have me.
Alfred : If she'll have you? Do you love her? Or did you seduce her just to spite me?
Tristan : It's not what I did.
Alfred : And what about Samuel?
Tristan : What about Samuel?
Alfred : You tell me about Samuel.
Tristan : We all loved Samuel. Samuel's dead. What?
Alfred : How convenient that is for you.
Tristan : Because you love her I will forgive you for that. Once! You say that again and we're not brothers.
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Alfred : I don't know what to say. Tristan's always been wild. You love him for that.
Susannah : Do I? Yeah, I suppose I do.
Alfred : Susannah, he does love you.
[holds her as she cries]
Colonel Ludlow : Alfred! She's to be your brother's wife.
Alfred : Yes, though you might better remind him of that.
Colonel Ludlow : He's not here to defend himself.
Alfred : No, he's not but I see you are here to defend him and what is his. Even though he's abandoned her and you. And I won't even speak of who else he abandoned.
Colonel Ludlow : Damn you, boy. Don't you blame my son for Samuel's death! Samuel chose to be a soldier and soldiers die. Sent to be slaughtered by the men in the government. Parasites like you! Damn and blast you!
[turns to Susannah]
Colonel Ludlow : Damn you too!
Alfred : Shut your mouth! You leave her out of this!
Colonel Ludlow : You get out of my house and off my land.
Alfred : Why? Because I want to serve my country like you did? Or because, like you, I love a woman who doesn't love me? He used her and he deserted her. Your darling Tristan.
Susannah : Alfred, don't, please.
Alfred : I loved her! I love her still. And he stole her from me. If you want to know the truth of it he stole her from Samuel before the war.
Colonel Ludlow : God help me, I'll kill you.
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[Alfred's letter to Tristan]
Alfred : You have won her. I am bringing her home.
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Alfred : What is he wanted for, Sheriff?
John T. O'Banion : That would be of a private nature
Colonel Ludlow : A private nature? That's a public office you hold, isn't it, Sheriff?
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Alfred : Susannah, you know how much I loved Samuel. And I think you know. Out of respect for him I wanted to say it in this place. I think you know that I'm in love with you. From the first moment I saw you. Like in a novel. That's my mother's romantic imagination coming out in me, I suppose. You're not making this very easy for me, Susannah.
Susannah : Sorry.
Alfred : Is there any hope that you could learn to love me? Not the way you loved Samuel, of course, but enough to. Susannah, we could make a life together. A happy life.
Susannah : I don't think so, Alfred.
Alfred : It seems like you're not sure though. Maybe there's a chance. What?
Susannah : I think I can only cause you pain, Alfred.
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Alfred : Susannah, you deserve to be happy.
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Alfred : Don't mind my brother. Your dog has more breeding than he has.
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Alfred : Please excuse my father. It makes him feel young and powerful to treat us like idiot children.
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Canadian Soldier : MacKenzie was just brought in, his leg's turned bad. He said...
Tristan : What?
Alfred : He said what? Go on, man, what is it?
Canadian Soldier : He said your brother, he volunteered to take his place and go over on the reconnaissance.
Alfred : [to Tristan] God damn it! I told you to stay with him!
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Colonel Ludlow : I spoke in plain English, sir. What do you want for yourselves should my son be elected?
Alfred : Father, I really don't think that these gentlemen...
Colonel Ludlow : Did you ask that question yourself, Alfred, or do you honestly believe these good gentlemen back you simply out of the sense of patriotic duty in your own inestimable worth?
