NobodyThe vision of Christ that thou dost see, is my vision's greatest enemy.
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Train FiremanLook out the window. And doesn't this remind you of when you were in the boat, and then later than night, you were lying, looking up at the ceiling, and the water in your head was not dissimilar from the landscape, and you think to yourself, "Why is it that the landscape is moving, but the boat is still?"
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[Nobody has put wounded William Blake in a canoe, and is about to push him out to sea]
[pushes William Blake's canoe out. He waves and says goodbye to Blake in a different language]
William Blake[watches from the canoe as Cole Wilson sneaks up behind Nobody. The two shoot each other to death. As William drifts further out, he falls in a deep forever-lasting sleep]
NobodyI was then taken east, in a cage. I was taken to Toronto. Then Philadelphia. And then to New York. And each time I arrived at another city, somehow the white men had moved all their people there ahead of me. Each new city contained the same white people as the last, and I could not understand how a whole city of people could be moved so quickly.
NobodyEvery night and every morn', Some to misery are born, Every morn' and every night, Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.
NobodyA small magical bird with bright blue feathers
[He pauses]
NobodyI was following him in your forest, hoping to acquire one of his indigo feathers... and then I lost him... and then I found him again. He was perched on your chest tasting your blood. He looked at me. Then he flew directly west in a straight line - his small beak red with your blood.
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Train FiremanI'll tell you one thing for sure... I wouldn't trust no words written down on no piece of paper, especially from no Dickinson out in the town of Machine... you're just as likely to find your own grave.
NobodyQuest for vision is a great blessing, William Blake. To do so, one must go without food and water. All the sacred spirits recognize those who fast. It's good to prepare for a journey in this way.
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Train FiremanThat doesn't explain why you've come all the way out here... all the way out here to hell.
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Train FiremanLook... they are shooting buffalo, government says... it killed a million of 'em last year alone.
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Conway TwillI'll tell you one thing: if that there Blake fella keeps on shootin' marshals, I might end up liking the bastard!
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NobodyI saw many sad things as I made my way back to the lands of my people. Once they realized who I was, the stories of my adventures angered them. They called me a liar. Exaybachay: He Who Talks Loud, Saying Nothing. They ridiculed me. My own people. And I was left to wander the earth alone. I am Nobody.
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NobodyI will take you to the bridge made of waters. The mirror. Then you will be taken up to the next level of the world. The place where William Blake is from. Where his spirit belongs. I must make sure that you pass back through the mirror at the place - where the sea meets the sky.
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Conway TwillHell, ain't we about more fucked than a whore at closin' time, huh?
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William BlakeI seem to have misplaced my eyeglasses. I can't see clearly.
NobodyPerhaps you will see more clearly without them.
William BlakeYou're a very strange man. Very strange.
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NobodyI have just ingested the food of the Great Spirit and Father Peyote.
William BlakeDo you think I could have a little bite of it?
NobodyIt's not for use even for William Blake. The flowers of the medicine give you sacred visions that are not for you right now.
SallyAh, your hair. Your hair is soft. It's like a girl's.
Big GeorgeBy God, it is soft. Now how do you get it that-a-way? See, this old stuff of mine, it just - well, it's just like old barn hay. There ain't a durn thing you can do with it. How do you - how do you get it that way and keep it like that?
NobodyYou cannot stop the clouds by the building of a ship.
William BlakeWhat? What did you say? You know, I've had it up to here with this Indian malarkey. I haven't understood a single word you've said since I met you, not one single word.
Big GeorgeYou know I just, I can't drink whiskey like I usetacould. My old belly just ain't no count. I get the shits every time don't you know.
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Conway Twill'Course you can't put much stock in a man who spends the most part of a conversation talkin' to a bear... talkin' to a goddamn bear.
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Conway TwillGeez, my Henry's cold. Aw, come on! My britches been open like that how long? Only been ridin' a couple of days together, but Jesus, one of you fellas could've mentioned the fact...
Big GeorgeWell, Sally, I don't give a pig's ass what anybody says. I still say you make a helluva pot of beans. Now why don't you say us a grace outta the Good Book, would you?
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[Cole Wilson, Conway Twill and Johnny 'The Kid' Pickett are sitting at John Dickinson's desk]