Capt. Rustov Quotes in Sekai meisaku dôwa: Mori wa ikiteiru (1980)

Wise Man: It's a trick and I won't be tricked, but I *have* been tricked.

Capt. Rustov: Wise Man, are you all right?

Wise Man: But I knew it had to be a trick so I really wasn't tricked. It's winter. It's got to be winter, and that's no trick.

Capt. Rustov: [making it over to her just after the rain starts] You said you were hot. Here's the water, Your Highness.

The Queen: Do you think I need water now that I'm soaking wet?

The Queen: Ah. There are snowflakes coming down.

Wise Man: Snow, again? Of course it's snowing; it's winter, exactly what it's supposed to do in winter. And it's really January.

[runs off]

The Queen: And he's supposed to be the Wise Man?

Wise Man: [walking onto the pond] Snow, and cold, and ice. That's the law of nature for winter. Oh, yes, and ice. And the lake is frozen solid. Smooth and solid. Perfect, per...

[slips and falls]

Wise Man: Help!

Capt. Rustov: The Foolish Man is what he should be called.